SAN ANTONIO – The family of Juan Martinez says he died after he was hit by a car at North Zarazamora Street and Culebra Road last Wednesday. Martinez’s sister, Yolanda Betancourt, says her brother’s death should have never happened. He crossed Culebra Road while trying to get to the nearest bus pickup spot, which sits near the busy intersection near North Zarzamora Street. Betancourt wants her brother’s death to serve as a message of change. RELATED: Man, 51, killed while crossing street on West Side, San Antonio police say

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police said it appears a driver who was killed in a crash early Wednesday on a far Northeast Side highway was speeding. A passerby noticed the wreckage in a ditch alongside Loop 1604 near Green Mountain Road around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday and called 911. SAPD: Man killed in vehicle crash on Loop 1604 near Green Mountain RoadThe Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office later indicated that he was a 26-year-old man, although he has yet to be positively identified. The police report said it appeared he was traveling at a high rate of speeding heading east on Loop 1604 when he rear-ended another vehicle. The other vehicle kept going, and officers were not able to find anyone who actually witnessed the crash, the report said.