Boerne, Texas: Levi Timothy James, 22, Killed in Head-On Crash on State Highway 46

A head-on crash on State Highway 46 near Boerne killed a 22-year-old driver from Pipe Creek on Wednesday, November 4, and sent the driver of the other vehicle to a hospital, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Troopers identified the driver who died as Levi Timothy James, 22, of Pipe Creek, an unincorporated community in neighboring Bandera County. James was taken to a hospital after the crash and died there. The published reports do not name the hospital and do not give a time of death.

What troopers say happened

The crash happened at about noon on Wednesday on State Highway 46 in Kendall County, near Boerne. DPS Sergeant Dila Hidalgo told the San Antonio Express-News that James was driving a Mazda Miata east when the car crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic and collided with a Mitsubishi Outlander.

The driver of the Outlander was taken to a hospital with injuries. Troopers have not released that driver's name, and the published reports do not describe how serious the injuries are. No other injuries were reported in the accounts of the crash.

Investigators are asking witnesses to come forward

DPS is asking anyone who saw the crash to call the department at 210-531-2284. Investigators are still working to establish why the Miata entered the oncoming lane. The published reports do not point to speed, distraction, a medical problem or a mechanical failure, and troopers have announced no cause and no charges.

State Highway 46 runs east and west through Kendall County and passes Boerne, the county seat, on its way toward Bandera County. Boerne sits northwest of San Antonio, and Pipe Creek lies west of the city. A head-on crash on a two-lane highway leaves investigators a short list of questions, starting with where each vehicle was in its lane and what moved one of them out of it.

For now, the confirmed record is short: one young driver dead, one driver in a hospital, and a state investigation that is still open. What DPS learns about the seconds before the collision will decide whether this crash stays an unexplained lane departure or becomes a case with charges attached. Drivers who use this highway every day will feel this one the way local crashes always land: a name, an age, a hometown one county over, and a road they drove that same morning.