A man suffered serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle while walking across the 8000 block of FM 78 in northeast Bexar County, according to the Bexar County Sheriff's Office. Deputies responded to the crash and the man was taken to a local hospital. The driver remained at the scene and did not show signs of impairment, the sheriff's office said, though the investigation remains ongoing.
The crash, first reported by KSAT, unfolded on a stretch of FM 78 that has become a focal point for pedestrian safety concerns in the Converse area. The corridor is a high-traffic commercial strip near major retail destinations including a Walmart Supercenter and establishments like Time Out Sports Bar, according to the San Antonio Express-News. That mix of multi-lane arterial speeds and foot traffic drawn by nearby businesses has made the roadway a recurring flashpoint.
Just one block away, in the 8100–8200 block of FM 78, 54-year-old disabled military veteran Joseph Hudson III was fatally struck in a hit-and-run crash on June 6, on a dark stretch of road where investigators and family pointed to a lack of streetlights, per KENS 5. That earlier case remains a grim marker of how dangerous this particular segment of FM 78 can be for people on foot, even as this week's crash appears to be a separate incident under a distinct investigation.
A Legal Gray Zone for Mid-Block Crossings
Texas law places obligations on both drivers and pedestrians in situations like this one. Under Texas Transportation Code § 552.008, motor vehicle operators must exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian on a roadway, including sounding a horn when necessary, according to West Texas A&M University. That duty applies even when a pedestrian is crossing outside a designated crosswalk.
At the same time, Texas Transportation Code § 552.005 requires a pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than a marked or unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to yield the right-of-way to oncoming vehicles, per FindLaw. It is not yet known from available reporting where along the 8000 block the man was crossing or whether a crosswalk was present, and the sheriff's office has not assigned fault as the investigation continues.
A Regional Pattern Along Bexar County Roads
The crash adds to a troubling tally across the San Antonio region. Pedestrian-involved crashes across the eight-county San Antonio metro area have exceeded 1,000 annually between 2016 and 2025, with Bexar County accounting for 93% of those incidents, Hoodline has previously reported. Statewide, the Texas Department of Transportation recorded 6,095 pedestrian-involved crashes in 2024, resulting in 768 pedestrian deaths and 1,452 suspected serious injuries — pedestrian fatalities that accounted for roughly one in six of all traffic deaths in Texas that year.
Bexar County itself logged 190 total traffic fatalities in 2025, ranking fourth highest among Texas counties behind Harris, Dallas, and Tarrant counties. Northeast Bexar County has seen a string of severe crashes in recent weeks, including a Rittiman Road collision that left two people critical and a highway crash on the East Side that killed a woman.
Infrastructure Fixes Still Years Away
State transportation officials have committed hundreds of millions of dollars toward reworking roads that connect to FM 78, though most of that work will not be finished for years. TxDOT is executing a $73 million expansion of FM 1518 from FM 78 to I-10 that will add 10-foot shared-use paths, 6-foot sidewalks, and raised medians, with full completion expected in 2028. A separate $68 million expansion of FM 1516 connecting to FM 78 will widen the roadway to four lanes and add continuous center turn lanes, sidewalks, and bike lanes on both sides through 2028.
TxDOT also began Phase 3 of the $84.5 million I-35 Northeast Expansion South project in spring 2025 to rebuild the I-410 interchange at FM 78, with freeway lane expansions and frontage road updates continuing through late 2028. Until those projects are complete, stretches of FM 78 like the 8000 block will continue to mix heavy commercial traffic with pedestrians navigating a road not fully built for them.
