{"id":428693,"date":"2026-09-07T11:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T11:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428693\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T11:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T11:52:13","slug":"dps-troopers-patrol-vehicle-hit-while-responding-to-pursuit-on-blanco-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/428693\/","title":{"rendered":"DPS trooper&#8217;s patrol vehicle hit while responding to pursuit on Blanco Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A DPS trooper was responding to an active pursuit when another vehicle struck the patrol unit at a north-side intersection. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>SAN ANTONIO \u2014 A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper&#8217;s patrol vehicle was hit while the trooper was responding to an active pursuit on San Antonio&#8217;s north side Sunday morning, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened around 10 a.m. at Blanco and Jackson Keller roads.<\/p>\n<p>According to DPS, the trooper was traveling south on Blanco Road with emergency lights and siren activated. Investigators said the trooper slowed at a red light before proceeding through the intersection.<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kens5.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A white Mercedes traveling east on Jackson Keller Road entered the intersection on a green light and struck the passenger-side rear of the DPS vehicle, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported in the crash.<\/p>\n<p>DPS said the pursuit continued and eventually ended in the 300 block of Craigmont Lane. Juan Sanchez, 39, was arrested and charged with evading arrest or detention with a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The crash and circumstances surrounding the pursuit remain under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations against Sanchez are accusations, and he is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A DPS trooper was responding to an active pursuit when another vehicle struck the patrol unit at a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-428693","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\/428693","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=428693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}