Driver killed in crash with big rig in Atascosa County

Big rig went off Highway 97 and barreled onto I-37 South

18-wheeler crash at I-37 South at SH 97 (Copyright 2024 by KSAT - All rights reserved.)

SAN ANTONIO – A woman was killed Wednesday morning in a crash with a tractor-trailer on the access road of IH 37 in Atascosa County.

According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Lucinda McKennon Cochran, 58, of Canyon Lake, ran a stop light and was hit by the big rig.

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The crash sent the big rig down an embankment and onto the main lanes of IH 37.

The woman died on the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer was transported to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.

Traffic on IH 37 was shut down at the 113-mile marker near Pleasanton until after 3 p.m.

18-wheeler crash I-37 map (Copyright 2024 by KSAT - All rights reserved.)
18 wheeler crash south side near Pleasanton (Copyright 2024 by KSAT - All rights reserved.)

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