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Police: Woman Killed in Northeast Side Crosswalk by Multiple Hit-and-Run Drivers

Detectives are seeking unidentified motorists after a preliminary report said several vehicles struck the victim.

Overview

  • The woman was hit just before 7 p.m. Thursday in the 2300 block of Austin Highway on San Antonio’s Northeast Side, according to a preliminary SAPD report.
  • Multiple vehicles struck her in the crosswalk; the last was a Chrysler Pacifica whose driver stopped to help, police said.
  • Officers said drivers who left the scene could face a charge of collision involving death, a second-degree felony under Texas law.
  • Police had not released the victim’s identity as of Friday, and the investigation remains active.
  • About an hour earlier, a man was killed by a train while chasing his dog near tracks by Austin Highway and Loop 410, roughly a mile from the crosswalk scene.