SAN ANTONIO – A wrong-way driver was killed, and another person was injured after a crash on the Northeast Side, according to the San Antonio Police Department.
The crash happened just before 2:30 a.m. Saturday in the 17000 block of Wurzbach Parkway.
A police preliminary report states the driver was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Wurzbach Parkway.
As officers were driving in that direction, the report states the driver struck a man’s vehicle.
The driver, later identified by the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s office as 26-year-old Jesus Apolinar Florencio, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The man was taken to a hospital to treat his non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Additional information was not immediately available. The investigation remains ongoing.
Andrea K. Moreno is a Digital Journalist at KSAT. She graduated from Texas State University with an electronic media degree and a minor in psychology. She also attended San Antonio College, where she held several positions at The Ranger, now known as The Sundial, for three years.