ME’s office identifies man found dead on Interstate 35 near downtown

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police are investigating after a man with broken bones was found dead on Interstate 35 near downtown.

Officers responded to the northbound lanes of Interstate 35 near the West César E. Chávez Boulevard around 12:50 a.m. Friday.

The man was found lying in the roadway “with apparent broken bones,” an SAPD preliminary report said. San Antonio firefighters arrived and pronounced the man dead.

On Sunday evening, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man as 31-year-old Quinton Simmons.

The ME said Simmons’ cause of death was “blunt force injuries.”

Police did not immediately indicate if Simmons was hit by a vehicle.

SAPD’s investigation is ongoing.

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