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San Antonio, TX Accident News: Teen hospitalized in rollover crash on Highway 281 around 3 a.m.

Two people were taken to the hospital after the accident is happened near Bitters Road, Highway 281 north around 3 a.m.

Two people, including a 17-year-old driver, were hospitalized following early Monday morning, San Antonio police said.

The crash occurred around 3 a.m. in the 13600 block of U.S. Highway 281 North, near Bitters Road.

According to police, the 17-year-old and a passenger were traveling southbound on Highway 281 in a Hyundai Sonata when, for an unknown reason, they drove off the highway.

Police said their car was just north of the Bitters Road overpass when the teen drove in the grassy median between the highway and the access road, narrowly missing an overhead sign. That’s when, police said, the sedan drove off the edge of an embankment on the north side of Bitters Road and then flipped over.

Condition is Stable – SAPD said both occupants inside the vehicle were wearing their seatbelts at the time of the crash and were taken to an area hospital by EMS in stable condition.

Original Source of the News>> 17-year-old driver, passenger hospitalized in rollover crash on Highway 281, police say

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Car Driver Tragically Died After His Car Collided with Semi Truck on Interstate 45

49 Year Old Man dead on Thursday morning after his Toyota Car crashes (around 6:22 a.m) into a trailer that was parked on the Interstate 45 between New Waverly and Huntsville.

As per Joseph Brown | The Item [1]

A car crash on Interstate 45 near New Waverly left a Willis man dead after he collided with an 18-wheeler.

Troopers with the Texas Department of Public Safety responded to the two-vehicle crash at approximately 6:22 a.m. on Thursday in between Huntsville and New Waverly. The preliminary crash investigation indicates that a 2018 International semi truck and trailer was parked on the shoulder of Interstate 45 waiting on a tow truck. A 2008 Toyota RAV 4 traveling southbound on the interstate shoulder collided with the rear of the trailer.

Officials with the New Waverly Fire Department reported that the driver was trapped in the car upon their arrival. New Waverly Firefighters performed a rapid extrication due to the severity of the victim’s injuries, moving him to a waiting EMS unit.

DPS officials say that the driver of the 18-Wheeler, 41-year-old David Gerald out of Arlington, was not injured. The driver of the Toyota, 49-year-old Isaac Gyekye out of Willis, was transported to the Huntsville Hospital and pronounced deceased by medical staff.

Traffic was heavy for several hours as tow operators worked to clear the crash scene.

The investigation is on-going by DPS troopers.

[1] News  & Image Source : https://www.itemonline.com/news/1-dead-after-early-morning-crash-on-interstate-45-near-new-waverly/article_021314de-e025-11eb-9510-5344f6b14f5f.html