SAN ANTONIO – A 22-year-old woman was hit and killed by oncoming traffic overnight after she got out of a vehicle and jumped a highway median, San Antonio police said Friday.
The fatal incident was reported around 2 a.m. on Highway 90 near Cupples Road.
According to police, a friend picked up Taylor Skye Martinez at a local bar and was attempting to take her home when she had to pull over on the highway because she felt Martinez was going to jump out of the car. That's when, police said, Martinez got out of the vehicle and jumped the median, right before getting hit by oncoming traffic.
"(Martinez) did the right thing by calling a friend because she felt that she was too intoxicated to drive," San Antonio Police Department spokesman Doug Greene said.
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Police said an eastbound white Ford F-150 was unable to avoid hitting Martinez. The driver however did not stop to render aid.
Police said the driver of the F-150 if located, will face charges in the hit-and-run. Greene said there is a TransGuide camera right in the area where the fatal hit-and-run happened. Police will be checking footage to see how much of the crash it captured.
"If that suspect simply would've stayed and provided info, they wouldn't have us looking for them right now," Greene said. "They probably wouldn't be in any kind of trouble."
In the meantime, Greene said police are asking people, even those who weren't out there at the time of the incident, to keep an eye out.