Driver killed after crashing into guardrail of SB I-37 at US Hwy 181 identified

Driver pronounced dead at scene; has not been identified

SAN ANTONIOUPDATE: The man killed in the crash on I-37 at Highway 181 on Thursday has been identified as 23-year-old Arnulso Contreras Marin. 

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One person dead following a single-vehicle crash on southbound Interstate 37 at Highway 181 early Thursday morning, San Antonio police said.

According to police, the unidentified driver was traveling southbound on I-37 south when they drove off the roadway and onto the right shoulder, just before going into the median and striking a guardrail head-on. 

Police said they received several calls prior to the crash about a vehicle that was swerving on the roadway and then hitting the center wall. 

The driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene and has not yet been identified. 

The San Antonio Police Department Traffic Investigation Detail along with the San Antonio Fire Department and EMS crews all worked at the scene. The crash closed the left hand lanes in both the southbound and northbound directions for a spell as they worked.

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