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Fifth person dies from injuries from multi-vehicle crash on I-35 on July 17

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A fifth person died on Monday following a major wreck on the city's South Side on July 17 that also left almost two dozen others injured.

The Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office identified the person as Judith Brooks Paulsel.

Police Chief Williams McManus said the wreck happened just after 2:30 p.m. on I-35 near Somerset Road.

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"We had a stolen white Camaro South on 35 speeding," he said in a press conference. "It wrecked into a small transport bus carrying a trailer."

Two people died at the scene, and three others succumbed to their injuries and died, including Paulsel.

McManus said the ages range from young children to senior adults.

McManus added that four people in the Camaro fled the scene, and one was armed with an AK-style rifle.

The highway was closed. Transguide showed congestion on the southbound I-35 access road between New Laredo Highway and the Poteet Jourdanton Parkway.

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