SAN ANTONIO – UPDATE: Authorities have identified a woman who died in a single-vehicle crash on the Southwest Side of town.
Kimberly Pena, 30, died from blunt force injuries, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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Authorities said Pena’s death has been ruled an accident.
ORIGINAL STORY: San Antonio police said a woman died in a single-vehicle crash on the Southwest Side.
The incident happened just before 3:30 a.m. Sunday along the eastbound side of U.S. Highway 90 near the South General McMullen Road exit.
Officers said a white Jaguar was traveling eastbound at high speed when the woman took the South General McMullen Drive exit.
While on the exit ramp, the driver then made a split-second decision to reenter back onto US-90. However, SAPD said the driver collided with a traffic attenuator, also known as a crash cushion that serves to reduce damage from errant vehicles and divide the highway’s main lanes from the exit ramp.
Authorities said the driver suffered life-threatening injuries. She was later pronounced dead at the scene.
The Bexar County medical examiner also arrived at the scene and conducted a formal investigation into the woman’s death.