SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A man is dead after a wrong-way crash on the South Side, according to the San Antonio Police Department.<\/p>\n
Around 8:30 p.m. Friday, officers responded to the crash in the 5200 block of Roosevelt Avenue, near Loop 410. <\/p>\n
The man was traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of Roosevelt Avenue when a second vehicle traveling southbound approached, according to a preliminary report. <\/p>\n
Both drivers switched lanes simultaneously to avoid each other but moved into the same lane, police said.<\/p>\n
The man, identified in the report as Luis Martinez, 63, was initially reported to have sustained non-life-threatening injuries. Martinez was taken to a hospital, where he died several hours later, SAPD said. <\/p>\n
The report states Martinez showed signs of intoxication at the time of the crash. <\/p>\n
It was not immediately clear whether the driver of the second vehicle was injured.<\/p>\n
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