Motorcyclist hospitalized after crash with water tanker truck in Atascosa County, deputy chief says
The crash happened near State Highway 97 and Farm-to-Market 1784
Ryan Cerna, Digital News Trainee
ATASCOSA COUNTY, Texas – A motorcyclist was hospitalized after a crash with a water tanker truck, according to Atascosa County Deputy Chief Eric Kaiser.
The crash happened after noon on Friday near State Highway 97 and Farm-to-Market 1784 in Pleasanton, Kaiser said.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, preliminary findings indicate that the motorcyclist was trying to go around the water tanker truck, in a “no passing zone,” when it collided with the truck.
Kaiser said the motorcyclist was severely injured and was airlifted to a hospital in San Antonio.
The driver of the water tanker truck was not injured.
Traffic was shut down to one lane for a few hours as authorities investigated the crash, but has since reopened.