SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police said they arrested a man in connection with a deadly hit-and-run crash on the South Side.
Authorities said the suspect fled the crash after driving his vehicle aggressively and colliding with two other vehicles just before 5 a.m. Friday near U.S. Highway 281 and Roosevelt Avenue.
According to police, the suspect rear-ended one vehicle with three people inside. As a result of the initial crash, the three-person vehicle was sent into oncoming traffic where it collided with another vehicle.
Everyone in the three-person vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene, SAPD said. The driver of the third vehicle was rushed to a local hospital in an unknown condition.
Officers said they tracked the suspect’s location down and subsequently took him into custody.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has not yet identified the people killed. Two of the victims are female, and the third victim is a male.
The highway reopened around 11 a.m. after being closed for several hours.
Some neighbors who live in the area said this is far from the first accident they’ve seen.
Jeremy De La Cruz said he routinely doesn’t trust other drivers on Roosevelt Avenue.
“I look both ways, but even then, man, you’ve gotta (sic) look twice before you turn onto this road,” De La Cruz said. “There are lights, but I don’t think that’s going to slow anyone down.”
Another neighbor, who didn’t want to be identified, said he’s lived in the area for five years. The neighbor noticed a rise in accidents and traffic congestion.
He’s worried about safety in the area, both for himself and his son, who will soon have his driver’s license.
“My son’s going near the driving age and I tell him, ‘Look, you’ve gotta (sic) pay attention here. You’ll see it.’ Even though he’s in the passenger seat, I’ll just tell him to put his phone down and watch how people are driving because it’s kind of reckless here,” the neighbor said.
Any charge(s) the suspect is expected to face — and his identity — are not yet known.