Car plows through utility pole, travels 500 yards down sidewalk near UTSA

Driver suspected of being intoxicated, police say

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police are investigating a driver for intoxication after he lost control of his car, drove through a utility pole then traveled down a sidewalk and hit a fence.

The crash happened shortly before 2:30 a.m. Thursday in the 6600 block of UTSA Boulevard.

Police say a man in his 20s was driving the car, speeding down the street when he lost control.

The car plowed through the pole, sending the middle section of it flying down the street.

Some of the debris hit a car in the parking lot of the Avalon Place apartments.

The driver continued down the sidewalk about 500 yards where his car slammed into a wooden fence that is next door to the apartment complex and leads to a drainage ditch.

The impact opened up a huge hole in the fence.

The driver and a woman passenger, also in her 20s, both suffered injuries.

Police say the woman, who had the most serious injuries, suffered a compound fracture to her ankle.

They say the man most likely will face a charge of intoxication assault.

The crash happened not far from UTSA’s main campus.

Police were not able to say right away whether the people in the car may be UTSA students.

A crew with CPS Energy arrived later to replace the broken utility pole.

The crash did cause power to go out in the area for a while.


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Katrina Webber joined KSAT 12 in December 2009. She reports for Good Morning San Antonio. Katrina was born and raised in Queens, NY, but after living in Gulf Coast states for the past decade, she feels right at home in Texas. It's not unusual to find her singing karaoke or leading a song with her church choir when she's not on-air.

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