{"id":379141,"date":"2026-07-20T00:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T00:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/379141\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T00:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T00:33:07","slug":"teenager-hospitalized-after-crashing-dirt-bike-into-via-bus-on-east-side-safd-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/379141\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenager hospitalized after crashing dirt bike into VIA bus on East Side, SAFD says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The crash happened near the intersection of Porter Street and South Palmetto Street, SAFD said<\/p>\n<p>A teenager crashed a dirt bike into a VIA bus Sunday on the East Side, the San Antonio Fire Department said. (KSAT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A teenager crashed a dirt bike into a VIA bus Sunday on the East Side, the San Antonio Fire Department said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The teen was driving a red dirt bike in the afternoon near the intersection of Porter Street and South Palmetto Street, SAFD said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The teen crashed into the side of a VIA bus, according to SAFD. They were taken to a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The condition of the teen is unclear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">This is a developing story, check back for updates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Read also:<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 kfUEDb copyright\">Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorsSamuel Rocha IV headshot<a class=\"Link-PukYsz7Y__LinkBase-sc-scvrjz-0 gQZqgJ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/SRBYREIS6TRV7FEISOBV\/\" title=\"View Samuel Rocha IV&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel Rocha IV<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 duhyRF bxSMlJ\">Samuel Rocha joined KSAT as a Newsroom Trainee in the spring of 2026. He is a San Antonio native and a graduate of San Antonio College and Texas A&amp;M University-San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>Sonia DeHaro headshot<a class=\"Link-PukYsz7Y__LinkBase-sc-scvrjz-0 gQZqgJ\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/SH0F349GJWO4MF0W93I50FNW7W\/\" title=\"View Sonia DeHaro&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sonia DeHaro<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 duhyRF bxSMlJ\">Sonia DeHaro is a content gatherer at KSAT. She graduated from San Antonio College, where she attended the Radio, Television, and Broadcasting program. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The crash happened near the intersection of Porter Street and South Palmetto Street, SAFD said A teenager crashed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[268,96,633,82,84,83,632,13704],"class_list":["post-379141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-crash","tag-east-side","tag-safd","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-sapd","tag-via"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}