SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a man killed in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 35 on Sunday morning.
Cesar Zamarripa Aviles died Sept. 1 in a collision with another vehicle around 2:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 near Pine Street, just east of downtown.
According to police, Aviles, who was driving a Ford F-150, was traveling north in the southbound lanes of the interstate when he hit a 2018 black Chevrolet Silverado that was traveling south. Aviles was pronounced dead at the scene.
Officers said the driver of the Chevrolet Silverado, a 24-year-old man, was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. He was last listed as being stable.
I-35 was shut down for some time Sunday morning and eventually reopened.
The investigation into the crash is ongoing, police said.