SAN ANTONIO — A woman was injured when a wrong-way driver suspected of driving while intoxicated crashed into her car near downtown.
It happened on Highway 281, near the Broadway exit, around 3:18 a.m. early Monday morning.
Police had received calls for a wrong-way driver heading south on Highway 281 and within a few minutes, at around 3:21 a.m., the wrong-way driver crashed into another vehicle.
Officials say the 25-year-old man driving a black car hit a 40-year-old woman, causing injury.
An sergeant on the scene says the victim is fortunate she didn't have a passenger because the damage to the passenger side of her car was substantial. She was taken to BAMC in stable condition as a precaution.
The driver, who was suspected of DWI, was moved to a quiet location away from the accident to conduct a field sobriety test.
Police say he failed the test and was arrested for DWI.
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