SAN ANTONIO – A man who just had a conversation with two San Antonio police officers jumped to his death without warning from the overpass at Green Mountain Road and Loop 1604, police said.
A passerby called officers around 7 a.m. Monday for a "suspicious person." The officers made contact with that person, a man in his 30s, and questioned him, according to Sgt. Javier Salazar, spokesman for SAPD.
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"They said he didn't seem suspicious. He didn't seem despondent," Salazar said. "He told them he just hurt his leg."
Without warning, during a lull in the conversation, the man suddenly jumped off the overpass as the officers looked on, Salazar said.
An 18-wheeler that was westbound on Loop 1604 struck him as he fell toward the highway below, police said. Salazar said the truck driver was not hurt.
As of 8 a.m., police were still working to identify the dead man. Westbound traffic had to be diverted onto the access road after the incident.