ME’s office identifies person struck, killed while running across Interstate 35

SAN ANTONIO – A man who was fatally struck by a vehicle early Saturday morning while running across Interstate 35 has been identified.

On Monday morning, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Ricardo Arturo Herrera.

Herrera’s cause of death was listed as blunt force injuries, according to the ME’s office. A manner of death is still pending.

Around 12:45 a.m. Saturday, Herrera was running across the northbound lanes of I-35 near the Eisenhauer Road exit, “where pedestrians are prohibited to cross,” when a truck struck the pedestrian, police said.

Herrera was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the truck cooperated with officers. Police said there are no criminal elements to the crash.

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