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42-year-old scooter driver hit, killed on West Side, SAPD says

Authorities say the driver was hit by a truck Friday evening

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SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio Police said it responded to the scene of a deadly West Side crash involving a scooter on Friday night.

The crash happened just before 9:30 p.m. on the 9500 block of West Commerce Street.

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Investigators said a 42-year-old man was riding a scooter going with traffic when a yellow truck, traveling in the same direction as the scooter, struck the scooter driver with the truck’s front right side. The scooter did not have adequate lighting and the scooter driver wore dark clothing on the dimly-lit street when he was hit, police said.

The San Antonio Fire Department responded to the crash and administered life-saving efforts on the scooter driver. He was pronounced dead just after 10 p.m.

The unidentified driver of the truck was not injured. The identity of the scooter driver has not been released.


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Nate Kotisso joined KSAT as a digital journalist in 2024. He previously worked as a newspaper reporter in the Rio Grande Valley for more than two years and spent nearly three years as a digital producer at the CBS station in Oklahoma City.

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