Traffic being diverted due to fatal crash on I-37 South [Video]

SAN ANTONIO — A fatal accident on the southeast side of town has caused a section of I-37 Douth to be shutdown and traffic diverted.

Bexar County Sheriff’s deputies are at the scene of the fatal crash on I-37 South that happened around 7 a.m. in the southbound lanes just past Mathis Road in far southeast Bexar County.

Officials say that all southbound traffic is being diverted off of I-37 South at the Mathis Rd exit, and will remain shut down as deputies conduct their traffic investigation.

You are asked to find an alternate route and avoid the area.

This is a developing story.

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