A child was hit by a vehicle near an elementary school on San Antonio's West Side Wednesday morning, just after 8 a.m. in the 2300 block of South Calaveras Street, close to Collins Garden Elementary School and San Juan Brady Park. The San Antonio Fire Department said the girl may have suffered a leg injury, though her overall condition was unknown in the immediate aftermath.
According to KSAT, it remained unclear whether the girl had been taken to a hospital following the crash. That account differs from a headline from WOAI, which reported that the girl was hospitalized after being struck. The two outlets' accounts conflict on this point, and neither has been independently confirmed as of this writing.
What's Known So Far About the West Side Crash
Collins Garden Elementary School sits in San Antonio's West Side, and the crash site near South Calaveras Street places the incident within a short distance of both the school and San Juan Brady Park, according to the same KSAT report. Beyond the location and the possible leg injury cited by fire department officials, details remain limited. The cause of the crash has not been determined.
This is not the first time a child has been struck near a San Antonio-area school this year. In May, a 7-year-old girl named Valentina was hit by a car while crossing outside Evers Elementary School and suffered a concussion along with scrapes and bruises, the station's report on that incident noted, with her mother afterward calling for more accountability from the district.
City's Pedestrian-Safety Push Continues Amid New Incident
Wednesday's crash lands against the backdrop of a broader city effort to curb pedestrian injuries near schools and across San Antonio generally. The city established its Vision Zero program in 2015 to address traffic deaths and injuries, and last December it rolled out a High-Injury Network Dashboard showing locations of the most severe and fatal crashes, part of a larger $1.2 million campaign called Keep Crossings SAFE, as KSAT reported at the time. Five Vision Zero-focused projects had been completed, with five more under construction.
The scale of the problem is significant: 83 pedestrians died in the San Antonio area after being struck by vehicles in 2024, with another 168 suffering serious injuries, according to Texas Department of Transportation data cited by the San Antonio Express-News. The city has said it is partnering with schools and community groups on pedestrian-safety efforts as part of that same campaign.
Parent-led pressure has also produced concrete changes at individual campuses. At Cleto L. Rodriguez Elementary, a petition that collected 362 signatures led San Antonio's Public Works department to conduct a traffic-calming study and replace old, hard-to-read No Parking signs along part of W César E Chávez Boulevard, according to San Antonio Report. Elsewhere, after a John Jay High School student died crossing Marbach Road, the city installed flashing lights on an existing crosswalk used by students before the school year began in August.
No further details about Wednesday's crash near Collins Garden Elementary, including the cause or the girl's current condition, had been confirmed as of Wednesday afternoon.
