Overview
- Around 1 a.m., a 25-year-old driver lost control on the I-35 frontage road near Powell Street, struck a utility pole and the vehicle caught fire, police said.
- Several occupants escaped and tried to pull the driver out, but he was pronounced dead at the scene; one passenger was taken to a hospital for precautionary treatment.
- At about 2:05 a.m., a 19-year-old driving a Toyota Camry allegedly rear-ended parked emergency vehicles on North Loop 1604 East during a lane-closure operation.
- Off-duty officers working traffic control with construction crews had red and blue lights activated, and several officers and passengers sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were hospitalized.
- SAPD arrested the 19-year-old on intoxication-assault charges, saying he failed to change lanes or slow down, and both crash investigations remain active.