SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police said a man was rushed to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries after his vehicle caught fire on the Northwest Side.
The driver of a dump truck was heading northbound on Interstate 10 near UTSA Boulevard just before 7 a.m. on Tuesday when at least one of the vehicle’s tires blew out, according to a preliminary report from SAPD.
The driver then lost control of the dump truck, causing the vehicle to cross three lanes of traffic, roll over and crash into a concrete wall, police said.
The report said the crash caused the dump truck to become fully engulfed in flames.
SAPD said the driver, a 33-year-old man, was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after he suffered severe burns.
Traffic in both directions of Interstate 10 was stalled for several hours after the crash. Several lanes were closed but have since reopened.
Spencer Heath is a Digital Journalist at KSAT. Spencer graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied Radio-Television-Film. He’s worked as a journalist in San Antonio since June of 2022.
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