Woman Critically Injured in Single Vehicle Crash
A woman was ejected from her vehicle during a rollover accident in San Antonio.
Details about the Rollover Accident
The San Antonio Express-News is reporting that a woman in her 20s was seriously injured on Tuesday after being involved in an involved in an accident in which she lost control of her SUV on Loop 1604 in the San Antonio area and slammed into a concrete wall on the north side of the city.
According to investigators from the San Antonio Police Department, the accident happened just after 11 a.m. near the exit for Judson Road,
A spokesperson from the San Antonio Police Department has stated that the woman has been identified as 21-year-old Sonja Smeding. Smeding was thrown from the vehicle during the collision. The woman was taken to the San Antonio Medical Military Center with life threatening injuries via helicopter.
At this point in the investigation, the incident appears to be a single vehicle accident, and no other injuries have been reported.
Important Information about Motor Vehicle Accidents
According to the Texas Department of Transportation, there are thousands of wrongful deaths of people involved in motor vehicle accidents every year in the state of Texas:
- In 2014, there were a total of 3,534 people who were killed in motor vehicle accidents in the state of Texas.
- During the same year, there were a total of 237,941 people who were non-fatally injured in motor vehicle accidents in the state of Texas.
- There were no deathless days on roadways in the state of Texas in 2014.
