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Building’s roof partially collapses after early-morning fire, SAFD says
Read full article: Building’s roof partially collapses after early-morning fire, SAFD saysA commercial building on the city’s Northeast Side was nearly destroyed by a fire early Monday morning, according to the San Antonio Fire Department.
Drunken driver arrested after fleeing crash on North Side, police say; 1 hospitalized in critical condition
Read full article: Drunken driver arrested after fleeing crash on North Side, police say; 1 hospitalized in critical conditionA driver was arrested Friday night after fleeing the scene of a car crash that critically injured another person.
Driver OK after truck rolls over during crash with sedan on Northeast Side, police say
Read full article: Driver OK after truck rolls over during crash with sedan on Northeast Side, police sayTwo drivers are lucky to have avoided serious injury following a vehicle crash on the city’s Northeast Side early Friday morning, San Antonio police said.
1 shot during road rage fight on North Side street; SAPD searching for suspect
Read full article: 1 shot during road rage fight on North Side street; SAPD searching for suspectSAN ANTONIO – One person was sent to the hospital after he was shot during a road rage incident on the North Side Thursday evening. San Antonio police said the shooting happened around 6:30 p.m. in the 2500 block of MacArthur View near Wetmore Road, just east of the San Antonio International Airport. One driver had cut off another driver, and they both pulled over and got out of their cars. The suspect fled and the injured man was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center in stable condition. Police said the shooting victim, 23, is expected to survive.
Discount art supply store, a ‘first’ of its kind in San Antonio, opens on North Side
Read full article: Discount art supply store, a ‘first’ of its kind in San Antonio, opens on North SideSAN ANTONIO – A new type of thrift shop has opened in San Antonio. B. Kay Richter, who is on the Board of Directors for Spare Parts, told KSAT that it is “the first store of its kind to open” in the Alamo City. Supplies for sale include art books, coloring books, crafting supplies, old calendars, old magazines, old photos, art brushes, paint, glue, primer, canvases, crochet supplies and yarn. While the store does not take clothing like a regular thrift store, it does take buttons and fabric, as well as sewing supplies. Spare Parts is located at 13491 Wetmore Road, near Thousand Oaks Drive.
Construction zone where man crashed and died seen as headache by other drivers
Read full article: Construction zone where man crashed and died seen as headache by other driversSAN ANTONIO – A North Side construction zone where a driver died after losing control of his car and crashing is seen as a headache by at least one other driver. San Antonio police say a 22-year-old man was driving in the section of that construction zone where five lanes of traffic suddenly are narrowed down to only two. It appears the driver didn’t notice the construction barrels until it was too late, according to one investigator at the scene. (KSAT 12 News)The man’s car veered across all lanes of traffic, jumped a sidewalk and crashed through the backyard fence of a home. So the cones are not really set up correctly,” Carnevale said, detailing his frustrations with the construction zone.
Driver dies after losing control of car in construction zone, hitting tree, police say
Read full article: Driver dies after losing control of car in construction zone, hitting tree, police saySAN ANTONIO – A driver heading home on the city’s North Side died early Friday after losing control of his car in a construction zone and crashing. The man, whose name has not been released yet, was in his 20s, according to San Antonio police. One accident investigator told KSAT he suspects the driver may not have noticed the construction barrels right away as he headed north on Wetmore Road near Maverick Creek shortly before 3 a.m. Although police did not identify him, they say the driver lived in the area. Police shut down Wetmore Road in both directions, between Wurzbach Parkway and Ridge Country, for about two hours while they conducted their investigation.
SAPD: Man shot while driving on Northeast Side
Read full article: SAPD: Man shot while driving on Northeast SideSAN ANTONIO San Antonio police are searching for a suspect after a man was shot while driving Monday afternoon on the citys Northeast Side. Officers were called to Wetmore Road and Wurzbach Parkway shortly before 2 p.m., where they found the victim. Man killed in shooting outside San Antonio hookah lounge identifiedThe man, who is in his 40s, told officers he was driving when someone in a dark-colored pickup shot at him, striking him once in the upper body, police said. First responders took the man to the hospital. Officer Doug Greene said the gunman and the victim may have known each other, and that the shooting was preceded by an altercation between the two mean.