{"id":413871,"date":"2026-08-22T14:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T14:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/413871\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T14:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T14:20:07","slug":"driver-crashes-through-airport-fence-ends-up-on-active-runway-after-wild-chase-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/413871\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver crashes through airport fence, ends up on active runway after wild chase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO \u2014 State troopers arrested a driver early Saturday morning after a high-speed vehicle pursuit ended with a crash onto a runway at San Antonio International Airport, according to preliminary police radio transmissions.<\/p>\n<p>The pursuit began around 1:30 a.m. when a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper attempted a traffic stop on 2012 Chrysler passenger car near the intersection of Babcock and 410. <\/p>\n<p>According to DPS, the Chrysler evaded through various parts of the city until they crashed into a gate off of Jones Maltsberger Road, into the San Antonio Airport Runway.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers took the driver, a 25-year-old man, into custody at gunpoint shortly after the crash. Troopers also located a firearm in the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested for Evading in a Motor Vehicle and Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon. <\/p>\n<p><p>Raw video from the scene.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The driver&#8217;s identity, potential charges, and details regarding any flight disruptions at the airport were not immediately available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2014 State troopers arrested a driver early Saturday morning after a high-speed vehicle pursuit ended with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413790,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-413871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413871","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=413871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}