Overview
- Police say the crash occurred early Wednesday around 1:30 a.m. in the 6100 block of W. Loop 1604 N. near Culebra Road when a speeding driver clipped another vehicle and left the roadway.
- Officials report the vehicle entered the median, descended an embankment into a creek bed and rolled over multiple times before coming to a stop.
- San Antonio police say a driver and a passenger were pronounced dead at the scene and the Bexar County Medical Examiner will release their identities and official causes of death.
- The San Antonio Fire Department’s initial scene report described a multi-vehicle incident with a vehicle fire and one person taken to hospital, a count later superseded by SAPD’s preliminary findings.
- Texas Department of Transportation closed part of Loop 1604 near Northwest Military Highway after the crash and local coverage notes the wreck follows other recent early-morning high-speed collisions that have raised safety concerns.