SAN ANTONIO – An 18-year-old woman was struck and killed after getting out of her disabled car on a North Side highway early Saturday morning.
The crash happened around 2:45 a.m. in the northbound lanes of U.S. 281 near Isom Road.
Police said the woman’s car was disabled and partially stopped in a lane of traffic and on the shoulder of the highway. A passerby stopped to help push the car off the main lanes.
Police said the woman had just gotten out of the driver’s side of her car when she was struck by another vehicle.
She died on the spot. His identity has not been revealed.
The driver who hit her remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators. Police said the driver was not intoxicated and no criminal charges are expected at this time.
The crash blocked northbound US 281 for several hours while investigators worked the scene. The highway reopened shortly before 7 a.m. after investigators finished their work and crews cleared the roadway.
Police said the investigation is still ongoing.
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