SAN ANTONIO – A woman injured in a three-vehicle crash was charged with intoxication assault while she was behind the wheel with a child in the backseat, according to San Antonio police.
Officers were dispatched to a crash just before 4 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Culebra Road and Arcadia Creek
After they arrived, investigators said the first vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed on Culebra Road northbound when it struck a second vehicle traveling in the same direction.
San Antonio fire officials said three people were taken to the hospital for further treatment:
- A 28-year-old woman and a 6-year-old girl in the first vehicle
- The driver in the third vehicle
The 6-year-old suffered “serious injuries but thus far (are) not life-threatening,” an SAPD sergeant at the scene told KSAT.
The woman and the driver of the third vehicle also sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the second vehicle “didn’t appear injured,” SAPD said.
Upon further investigation, authorities said the woman and child were not wearing seat belts at the time of the crash. Officers also discovered “open alcoholic beverages in the (woman’s) vehicle.”
After the 28-year-old woman was evaluated, she was found to be intoxicated and later charged, according to an SAPD preliminary report on Thursday.
The connection between the woman and the child is unclear.
SAPD said its investigation is ongoing.
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