A nighttime walk along an East Loop 410 access road turned deadly Wednesday when a 60-year-old man was hit and killed on San Antonio’s Southeast Side, police said. Officers arrived just after 9:30 p.m. to the 500 block of the East Loop 410 access road near Tex-Con Road and found the man with multiple injuries. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he later died.
San Antonio police said the man had been walking along the access road when a vehicle struck him. His name has not yet been released. The driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with investigators, and no charges have been filed in the preliminary stages of the case, according to KSAT.
Where It Happened
The crash site sits in the 500 block of the East Loop 410 access road, an industrial stretch near Tex-Con Road that feeds several freight and service routes. That corridor has already drawn scrutiny this year. Earlier coverage documented multiple deadly incidents along Loop 410, including a pre-dawn fatality that reignited calls for engineering fixes and better lighting, according to Pre-dawn Loop 410 crash.
Local safety advocates have repeatedly flagged the area’s mix of limited sidewalks, fast-moving traffic and poor nighttime visibility as a dangerous combination for people on foot.
Pedestrian Deaths Remain Elevated
National data show pedestrian deaths are still running higher than they did before the pandemic, even as some recent reports note slight declines. The Governors Highway Safety Association has reported that thousands of people walking have been killed in recent years and highlighted nighttime crashes and vehicle design as major contributors, according to GHSA.
Those findings have given more urgency to local demands for targeted engineering changes, stronger lighting and stepped-up enforcement on high-speed corridors like Loop 410.
Investigation
SAPD’s collision investigators are handling the case and have not yet publicly identified the victim, according to KSAT. Police said the driver cooperated at the scene and no charges have been filed at this time, as detectives work to determine what led up to the crash.
Authorities have not released additional details about how the collision occurred. Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact the San Antonio Police Department’s collision unit.
