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Amber Ocoee Ponce

Age : 33

Gender : Female

Race : Native American

Date : 11/17/2022

Location : Interstate 35 South at Frio Street/Cesar Chavez Boulevard

City : San Antonio

County : Bexar

State : Texas

Agency : Bexar County Sheriff's Office

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

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REASON FOR CHASE:
Minor moving violation.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/17/2022, 33-year-old Amber Ponce was killed when the Ford Mustang in which she was a passenger crashed off an elevated section of Interstate 35 near Frio Street in downtown San Antonio immediately after a Bexar County Sheriff's Office deputy attempted to stop the vehicle.
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At approximately 2:30 a.m., a Bexar County sheriff's deputy encountered the Mustang traveling approximately 40 mph on I-35 South. The deputy attempted to conduct a traffic stop. Sheriff Javier Salazar said the driver began pulling toward the side of the highway as though he intended to stop, but then accelerated away.
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Salazar said the deputy was about to radio that he was initiating a pursuit when the crash occurred. The Mustang went over the concrete barrier near the Frio Street/Cesar Chavez Boulevard ramp and fell to the street below. Salazar later said the vehicle traveled approximately 110 feet after leaving the elevated roadway and tumbled before coming to rest.
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Ponce was killed in the crash. The Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office subsequently identified her and determined that she died from a cervical injury.
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SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/11/17/1-person-dead-man-hospitalized-after-car-goes-off-highway-ramp-and-lands-on-street-below-bcso-says/
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2022/11/17/man-who-drove-off-elevated-i-35-ramp-killing-passenger-is-being-checked-for-dwi-sheriff-says/
https://www.ktsa.com/bexar-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-fatal-car-crash-near-downtown/