SAN ANTONIO – Update:
The victim of a weather-related crash on the Southeast Side earlier this month has been identified.
The Medical Examiner has identified the victim as 47-year-old Tanya Donnell.
The crash happened Feb. 13 near a Dollar General at the intersection of S. WW White Road and Retta Street.
Police said Donnell’s vehicle collided almost head-on with another vehicle while trying to make a left turn.
Both the driver of the other vehicle and Donnell were taken to the Brooke Army Medical Center. Donnell later succumbed to her injuries.
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One person is dead and another is hospitalized following a weather-related crash on the Southeast Side, according to San Antonio police.
The crash happened near a Dollar General at the intersection of S. WW White Road and Retta Street.
Police said a blue Mitsubishi was traveling south on WW White and a Chrysler was traveling north on WW White, when the Mitsubishi tried to make a left turn into a Dollar General.
The Mitsubishi didn’t see the oncoming Chrysler and the vehicles collided almost head-on, according to officials.
The driver of the Mitsubishi, a 73-year-old man, and passenger, a 47-year-old woman, were taken to the Brooke Army Medical Center. The woman has succumbed to her injuries, police said.
She has not been identified by officials.
Authorities said the driver of the Chrysler was uninjured.
Speed was not a factor in the crash, but authorities said it was likely weather-related.
The investigation is still ongoing and we’ll bring more updates as they become available.