{"id":399406,"date":"2025-11-23T15:51:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/399406\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T15:51:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:51:18","slug":"passenger-killed-driver-injured-in-motorcycle-crash-on-us-highway-281-on-north-side-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/399406\/","title":{"rendered":"Passenger killed, driver injured in motorcycle crash on US Highway 281 on North Side, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAPD: Witnesses reported the motorcycle had a tire blowout, causing the driver to lose control and crash<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened just before noon Saturday on the southbound lanes of Highway 281 near Encino Rio. (Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 One person was killed and another was injured in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/22\/txdot-crash-closes-majority-of-southbound-lanes-of-us-highway-281-on-north-side\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">motorcycle crash<\/a> on the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 281 on the North Side, according to San Antonio police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The crash happened just before 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the 20000 block of U.S. Highway 281 near Encino Rio.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to a Sunday SAPD preliminary report, witnesses reported the motorcycle had a tire blowout, causing the driver to lose control and crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The driver was taken to a hospital for further treatment. Police said the passenger was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The crash closed the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 281 for several hours, but they reopened later Saturday afternoon, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Read also: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorAndrea K. 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