FILE - A police vehicle flashes its lights in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) (Matt Rourke, Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
SAN ANTONIO – A pedestrian was killed in a crash on the North Side, according to San Antonio police.
Officers responded to the crash around 9 p.m. Monday at the intersection of West Hildebrand Avenue and Blanco Road.
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A man driving a gray Nissan Sentra was traveling westbound through the intersection “when the pedestrian failed to yield to oncoming traffic,” SAPD said.
“The pedestrian crossed against a don’t walk signal at the time of the collision,” police said.
The pedestrian was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead, police said.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the pedestrian as Deborah Melendez, 68.
Melendez died of blunt force injuries, the medical examiner’s office said. Her death was ruled an accident.
The driver of the Nissan Sentra was cooperative with the investigation, and there were no criminal elements to the crash, police said.
Gabby Jimenez is a digital journalist at KSAT. Gabby is a San Antonio native and joined the KSAT team in January 2025. A proud LSU alumna, she has reported for newspapers in Louisiana and Virginia, earning a Virginia Press Association award for Combination Photo and Story in 2024.