A 33-year-old man was killed Saturday morning after two vehicles struck him while he was trying to cross Interstate 35 on San Antonio's Northeast Side. The crash happened around 8:30 a.m. near North Weidner Road, and police say the man suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police said the man was attempting to cross the highway in a stretch where pedestrians are not allowed before he was struck, according to FOX San Antonio. Both drivers remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators, the outlet reported. Authorities had not released the man's identity as the investigation continued.
Investigation Still Open, No Name Released
As of Sunday, the inquiry into exactly how the crash unfolded remained ongoing, according to News 4 San Antonio. No further details on what led the man onto the highway, or on the vehicles involved, had been made public at that point.
The stretch of North Weidner Road along I-35 North has seen other deadly incidents in recent memory. A pedestrian was struck and killed on Interstate 35 near Rittiman, with all northbound lanes temporarily shut down, Hoodline previously reported. In that case, the identity of the pedestrian, their age, and the vehicle involved had not been released at the time.
A Pattern of Fatal Crossings Along I-35
The same report noted that in October 2024, a 69-year-old man died after being struck by an 18-wheeler near Rittiman Road and the I-35 northbound access road. A separate fatal crash near Loop 410 and Rittiman Road, in the Industry Park area close to H-E-B warehouses, killed a man in his 20s around 4 a.m., with police investigating that incident as well, per the same Hoodline account.
Elsewhere along the interstate, a pedestrian was killed trying to cross I-35 on San Antonio's South Side early one Sunday morning, according to News 4 San Antonio. That crash happened around 3:30 a.m. near I-35 South and South Laredo Street, with police saying the pedestrian was crossing the main lanes of traffic when a vehicle struck them.
Northeast Side Also Saw a Hit-and-Run Death
Not far from where Saturday's crash occurred, a woman was fatally struck by a vehicle while trying to cross the street on the Northeast Side in a hit-and-run, News 4 San Antonio also reported. That incident happened around 11 p.m. Friday near the 400 block of North Weidner Road and IH-35 North, with the driver fleeing after striking her. She was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later died from her injuries; the driver would face a charge of Failure to Stop and Render Aid resulting in death if found or arrested, per the station's report.
Police have not said whether Saturday's fatal crash is connected to any of these other incidents. For now, investigators are continuing to piece together what happened in the moments before the 33-year-old man stepped into the path of two vehicles on a stretch of interstate where, authorities say, pedestrians are not supposed to be.
