SAN ANTONIO – A Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputy was injured Monday morning when his unmarked car was struck by a fleeing suspect vehicle.
The crash happened around 2:15 a.m. on an on-ramp to Interstate 35 near Guadalupe Street downtown.
According to BCSO, the suspect vehicle was being chased by an officer with the University of Texas at San Antonio’s police department because the car had passed a red light and nearly hit the officer’s squad car.
The car then drove onto the on-ramp and crashed into the back of an unmarked BCSO detective’s car as he was headed to a call.
The BCSO vehicle was knocked into a wall while the suspect’s car bounced off both walls of the on-ramp and stopped.
The driver bailed from the vehicle and jumped off the highway into a grassy area below, investigators said. He broke several bones, according to BCSO.
The driver, who has not been identified, was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center.
The BCSO detective was taken to a downtown hospital in stable condition.
The ramp is closed Monday morning as authorities investigate the crash.
San Antonio police, BCSO, EMS and UTSA police all responded to the scene.
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