SAN ANTONIO — A motorcyclist died in a fiery wreck after crashing into a vehicle while trying to evade Bexar County deputies on the far west side Saturday night, officials say.
A deputy was driving along Loop 410 around 9 p.m. when the motorcyclist sped past him "clearly well in excess of the speed limit," according to Sheriff Javier Salazar. That deputy started to pursue without activating his siren, watching as the motorcyclist was "weaving in and out of traffic, clearly driving pretty recklessly."
Salazar said that at one point it looked as though the motorcyclist was about to pull over "before punching it and taking off." The deputy lost sight of the suspect and tried to catch up to them before eventually coming upon a wreckage in the area of Loop 410 and Highway 151; Salazar says the motorcyclist hit at least one other vehicle and "burst into flames."
Three occupants in the other vehicle were taken to the hospital “by private vehicle,” indicating their injuries weren’t serious.
Salazar said the motorcyclist died on the scene, and that he was believed to have been wanted for assault. He was later identified as Andrew Contreras, who would have turned 28 on Sunday.
Authorities were on scene for at least several hours, limiting traffic flow in the westbound lanes of the Highway 151 underpass at Loop 410. The southbound lanes of the Loop 410 access road were also being diverted to the Highway 151 access road.
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