Wrong-way driver arrested after 3-vehicle crash on I-10 leaves woman seriously hurt, police say

San Antonio police say a wrong-way driver was arrested for intoxication assault after a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 10 injured a woman early Sunday.

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio police say a wrong-way driver was arrested after a three-vehicle crash on the city’s northwest side left a woman seriously injured early Sunday morning.

According to the San Antonio Police Department, officers were called around 1 a.m. Sunday to the 11400 block of Interstate 10 westbound southbound lanes for a major crash involving three vehicles.

Investigators say a 41-year-old man was driving the wrong direction, heading northbound in the southbound lanes of I-10, when he first struck a truck.

Police say the suspect then hit a second vehicle, a sedan driven by a 47-year-old woman, causing her to suffer serious bodily injury.

The woman was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Officers evaluated the driver for signs of intoxication, and he was later arrested on a charge of intoxication assault.

The investigation remains ongoing.

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