SAN ANTONIO – A 34-year-old male driver was arrested for a DWI following a head-on vehicle crash on the city’s Northwest Side early Friday morning, according to San Antonio police.
The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. on Interstate 10 northbound, just before Vance Jackson Road.
According to police, officers had received a call about a wrong-way driver in a black Nissan Sentra on I-10 near Boerne State Road. The driver, however, his way on I-10 past Loop 410 before finally crashing head-on into a gray Hyundai Accent, police said.
The wrong-way driver was assessed for a possible DWI. He was taken taken into custody. The other driver, a 40-year-old man, was taken by ambulance to an area hospital to be checked out. He’s expected to be OK.
The San Antonio Police Department, the San Antonio Fire Department, EMS and TxDOT’s Hero unit all responded to the call.
The investigation into the crash is ongoing, police said.