San Antonio
firefighters work to remove a victim or victims from a vehicle that ran off 281
southbound and landed upside down in a creek bed shortly after 1:00 pm Thursday
February 12, 2015.
February
12, 2015
SAN
ANTONIO, TEXAS:
The Ford
pickup was traveling southbound when it drove off the highway around 1 p.m.
between Basse and Jones Maltsberger Road and landed upside down.
An off-duty
paramedic who was playing golf at the Quarry Golf Club was able to get to the
scene of the crash and pull a female passenger out of the vehicle, officials
said.
She was
transported to an area hospital with critical injuries. The driver, however,
was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. Both are believed to be in their
early-to-mid 20s, police said.
The investigation
into the cause of the crash is ongoing.