A man is dead after being struck and dragged by a driver in a hit-and-run crash in San Antonio on Tuesday, September 15. Here’s what we know right now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to a preliminary San Antonio Police Department report obtained by\u00a0MySA, officers were dispatched to the city’s Southeast Side around 6 a.m. on Tuesday, September 15. An unknown male driver, now considered the suspect in the ongoing investigation, was on the Loop 410 access road turning left onto Rigsby Avenue when he saw a pedestrian in the crosswalk heading towards the other side of Rigsby.<\/p>\n
“The suspect accelerated [through] the intersection, striking the complainant,” the report reads. “The complainant was dragged several feet. The suspect fled the location, failing to render aid.”<\/p>\n
The unknown male pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the report. Fleeing the scene of a crash without leaving a note, exchanging information or rendering aid can result in\u00a0heavy consequences depending on the severity of the collision. In Texas, failure to render aid in a deadly crash is a second-degree felony,<\/a> which carries the penalty of two to 20 years in prison and fines up to $10,000.<\/p>\n SAPD said the investigation into the hit-and-run crash is ongoing, so details from the preliminary report are subject to change.<\/p>\n