SAN ANTONIO — Six people were hospitalized Wednesday afternoon after a head-on crash on the New Medina River Bridge left a pickup truck teetering on the guardrail — a situation police describe as an “absolute miracle” it didn’t fall off the bridge and into the riverbed below.
The crash happened on the south side around 4:30 p.m. off Pleasanton Road, just south of Mitchell Lake. According to San Antonio police, a Toyota Camry driving northbound and a white Chevrolet truck heading southbound collided head-on at the crest of the bridge.
Sergeant Daniel Contreras with the San Antonio Police Department said investigators believe the Camry was speeding, but they aren’t sure which vehicle lost control to cause the crash…