Driver in critical condition after colliding with pole in San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO – One man was taken to the hospital after emergency crews pulled him from a vehicle that crashed into a pole south of San Antonio Monday night.

According to KSAT, the crash occurred after the driver was attempting to exit Southwest Loop 410 onto Poteet Jourdanton Freeway at about 11:40 p.m. when he took the turn at a high rate of speed and lost control of the vehicle.

The car careened off of the road and across the Highway 16 intersection before coming to a stop when it crashed into a light pole. The man was pulled from the vehicle and transported to a local hospital in critical condition.

No information is available concerning the condition of the other two occupants of the vehicle. However, police found a 9 mm pistol and marijuana upon investigating the crash.

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