32-Year-Old Woman Killed in San Antonio Two-Vehicle Crash on Military Drive near Mission Road

San Antonio, Texas (November 25, 2022) – A woman was killed Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash in San Antonio, according to the police.

The fatal crash happened just before 3:00 p.m., November 23, in the 1300 block of SE Military Drive, near Mission Road and Roosevelt Avenue.

Police said a man and a woman with two children were traveling westbound on SE Military when they crashed into another vehicle, which was traveling eastbound and was attempting to turn onto Mission Road. 

The westbound vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a telephone pole before crashing into a light pole and then through a metal fence. The woman was impaled by the metal pole as the vehicle came to a rest.

Witnesses said that the vehicle was speeding and was racing another car prior to the crash.

The 32-year-old woman was taken to a local hospital, where she later died. Her name has not been released. The children were uninjured in the crash. The man and the children were taken to the hospital to be checked out.

The driver, a 31-year-old man, was arrested and taken into custody and was charged with racing on a highway, causing a death, as well as endangering a child.

The police are investigating the crash.

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