SAN ANTONIO — A hit-and-run accident on the far south side left three people dead Friday morning, according to San Antonio police, and a man who was allegedly speeding when he caused the wreck has been arrested.
The three-vehicle crash happened around Highway 281, between South Flores and Roosevelt, around 4:50 a.m.
Police say an unidentified 46-year-old driver was aggressively driving at a "high rate of speed," per witness reports. That vehicle then crashed into the back of another car, pushing it into wrong-way traffic before it was broadsided by a third, oncoming vehicle.
Three people were confirmed dead at the scene by police. One other victim, a 56-year-old woman, was taken to a nearby hospital and is currently in stable condition.
The suspect that caused the accident initially fled on foot, SAPD said, before he was eventually found and arrested. He's expected to be charged with failure to stop and render aid resulting in death.
The three who did have not yet been identified.
That stretch of road was reopened Friday afternoon after it was closed for several hours.