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Woman dead after car plunges 25 feet, lands on roof after hitting barrier

The woman was extracted from the vehicle but was pronounced dead at the scene.

SAN ANTONIO — A woman was killed in an overnight crash on I-10 early Sunday morning after she hit the barrier and fell 25 feet, landing on the roof.

It happened around 4:15 a.m. at the 10500 block of I-10 on the northwest side of town.

Officers arrived on the scene and found that the car hit the barrier wall on the access road, went over it and fell approximately 25 feet down on to the highway, landing on it's roof.

The female driver was extracted from the car and pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses told police they saw the vehicle drive over the barrier onto the highway. 

The driver was later identified as 23-year-old Jada Rocha.

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