Wrong-way driver dies in head-on crash near downtown, San Antonio police say
SAPD says the driver has yet to be identified
KSAT Digital Staff
San Antonio Police Department patrol car. (ksat)
SAN ANTONIO – The San Antonio Police Department said it is investigating what caused a driver to travel the wrong way before dying in a head-on crash.
First responders were dispatched to the scene just before 2:30 a.m. Saturday on Interstate 37 southbound near downtown.
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Police said a driver in a Chevrolet Malibu was traveling northbound in the southbound main lanes of I-37. The Chevrolet collided with a Dodge Ram traveling southbound on I-37′s southbound lanes before the Houston Street exit.
Medical personnel pronounced the wrong-way driver in the Chevrolet dead at the scene.
The Dodge driver was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries, authorities said.
Officers said the driver of the Chevrolet has yet to be identified.