18-Wheeler & Car Wreck Briefly Shuts Down I-35 Early This Morning

(New Braunfels, TX) -- Southbound I-35 at FM 306 was briefly shut down early this morning, following an accident in the 14-hundred block of I-35, across the highway from Canyon High School, directly in front of the Best Western and Hilton Garden Inn.

At just past 4:30am an 18-wheeler collided with a small blue Honda passenger car, smashing that car severely, leaving the driver, a woman in her 20’s, trapped inside.

New Braunfels Fire and Rescue crews arrived on scene and began a prolonged extrication of that victim, and Airlife was originally sent to the scene. That helicopter was set to land directly on the highway, so crews were in the process of shutting down all of Southbound I-35, when the decision was made to instead transport the woman by ground EMS to University Hospital in San Antonio.

Police officers continued to block off the highway for a short time until crews finished the extrication. While Fire and EMS crews tended to the victim, other officers and personnel cleaned up debris from the roadway.

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source: kgnb.am (10/7)