Fatal Crash Sunday Morning Shuts Down I-35 Southbound

San Marcos Police responded Sunday to what was first a call for an allegedly stolen vehicle but became a major collision.

At approximately 1:54 a.m. Sunday, Apr. 21, San Marcos Police received a call for a major traffic collision on southbound Interstate 35 just before the 200 exit at McCarty Lane.

SMPD, along with the San Marcos Fire Department, San Marcos/Hays EMS and Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers responded to the scene. Juan Martinez, 27, of New Braunfels was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Jo Anne Prado.