SAN ANTONIO – One man is dead and another is in jail following a fatal car accident on IH-10 West just before 1 a.m. Friday.
A 56-year-old man was riding a Yamaha CP250W Moped when he was rear-ended by a 34-year-old man driving a gray Hyundai Genesis, according to San Antonio police.
The victim was ejected from his moped and hit a concrete median on the highway, near Roland Road on the city’s Southeast Side. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said the driver of the Hyundai swerved after hitting the moped and his vehicle collided with the center concrete median before rebounding and coming to a stop on the right shoulder of the interstate near the guardrail.
According to police, the driver of Hyundai was found to be intoxicated and subsequently arrested for intoxication manslaughter.