San Pedro Ave. & Oblate Dr. — Reported Intersection of Fatal Hit-and-Run A 53-year-old woman died after a speeding pickup truck struck her while she was crossing the street in a crosswalk on San Antonio’s North Side late Saturday night, and the driver took off without stopping to help. San Antonio police say no arrests have been made and the driver remains unidentified.
Officers were called to the intersection of San Pedro Avenue and Oblate Drive at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday for what was reported as a major accident involving a pedestrian and a motor vehicle, according to News 4 San Antonio. Police said the woman was in the crosswalk when a red truck traveling southbound at a high rate of speed slammed into her. The driver left the scene without rendering aid, leaving the woman with major injuries. She was taken to a local hospital, where she later died.
San Antonio police said in a report cited by KSAT that the investigation remains ongoing and that no arrests have been made. Police cautioned that the information released so far is subject to change as detectives continue piecing together what happened.
Other Hit-and-Runs in San Antonio
A man was killed in a separate East Side hit-and-run early Friday, with his identification pending and the suspect still at large, the station reported. Just days earlier, a child was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle in a library parking lot on the Northwest Side, and that driver also fled without being caught…