BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – An off-duty Bexar County deputy was one of three people killed following a deadly wrong-way collision early Sunday morning, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
The San Antonio Police Department received a call just before 2 a.m. for a pickup truck driving northbound in the southbound lanes of Interstate 37 near Loop 1604.
Minutes later, authorities said the pickup truck, a Ford F150, crashed head-on into a Ford Mustang with Deputy Meredith Portillo, 20, and two other people inside of it.
After the collision, the Ford F150 rolled over and burst into flames.
Deputy Portillo and one of the passengers of the Mustang were killed upon impact of the collision, authorities said. The second passenger was transported to a local hospital with serious bodily injury.
San Antonio police said the driver of the F150 died in the fire.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the identities of the F150 driver and the passenger of the Mustang, who both died.
Deputy Portillo began her law enforcement career with BCSO in September of 2023 after graduating from the detention academy in January of 2024.
“At this time, our thoughts and prayers remain with the Portillo Family. Funeral arrangements are forthcoming and will be announced when they become available,” the department said in a Facebook post.