SAN ANTONIO – A woman who was chasing after her dog was hit by a pickup truck downtown, according to San Antonio police.
Police said a woman in her late 60s was using a walker and walked out in front of a truck on North Santa Rosa Street near West Houston Street on Tuesday afternoon.
She was trying to catch her dog as it was running across Santa Rosa. She was hit by a truck turning left onto the street, police said.
The woman suffered a leg injury and head trauma. She was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
The driver was not found to be impaired and remained at the scene, police said.
Rebecca Salinas is the Digital Executive Producer at KSAT 12 News. A San Antonio native, Rebecca is an award-winning journalist who joined KSAT in 2019.
Before starting at KSAT in August 2011, Ken was a news photographer at KENS. Before that he was a news photographer at KVDA TV in San Antonio. Ken graduated from San Antonio College with an associate's degree in Radio, TV and Film. Ken has won a Sun Coast Emmy and four Lone Star Emmys. Ken has been in the TV industry since 1994.
