San Antonio Police officials report that 1 man died after crashing into the rear of an 18-wheeler on the outskirts of the city’s Southwest Side.
A preliminary investigation reveals that at around 6:45 PM on Friday, the multi-vehicle incident occurred in the 8700 block of IH-35. A towing wrecker was reversing towards a broken-down car on the IH 15 when a few vehicles, switched lanes to avoid the wrecker. Police added that two of the vehicles avoiding the wrecker – an 18-wheeler, and a dark sedan were in the left lane. A red pickup in the right lane slowed down as well.
However, a man driving a dark blue Ford Focus traveling Southbound in the left lane failed to slow down and landed in between the dark sedan and the red pickup. His vehicle then crashed into the rear of the18 wheel trailer that it attempted to drive around.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene of this fatal accident.
No further details pertaining to the identification of the man were given by the officials and the victim’s next of kin has not been notified.
This is an ongoing investigation.
November 21 2022
Source: KSAT