FILE - A police vehicle flashes its lights in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) (Matt Rourke, Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
SAN ANTONIO – A woman has been arrested for intoxication assault after allegedly driving off the road and hitting a 16-year-old construction worker, according to San Antonio police.
Around 4:23 a.m. Saturday, the 22-year-old woman was driving eastbound at the cloverleaf interchange at U.S. Highway 90 West and Southwest Loop 410, police said.
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The woman drove off the frontage road, striking a telephone pole and continuing about 100 yards across a field before crashing into a fence next to a building, police said.
Several construction workers were working on the other side of the fence, including a 16-year-old boy who was struck by the vehicle, police said.
The teen was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police evaluated the woman and determined she had been driving under the influence. The woman was arrested for intoxication assault.
Additional information was not immediately available.
Gabby Jimenez is a digital journalist at KSAT. Gabby is a San Antonio native and joined the KSAT team in January 2025. A proud LSU alumna, she has reported for newspapers in Louisiana and Virginia, earning a Virginia Press Association award for Combination Photo and Story in 2024.