SAN ANTONIO – A suspected intoxicated driver accused of fatally striking a pedestrian on the South Side was arrested, according to San Antonio police.
The crash happened around 2 a.m. Sunday in the 4900 block of S. Flores St.
Police said the pedestrian was crossing South Flores Street when a white truck traveling at a high rate of speed collided with him.
The driver, a 21-year-old man, remained at the scene and cooperated with officers, according to an SAPD preliminary report. DWI units evaluated the man and found him to be intoxicated, police said.
The man was arrested for intoxication manslaughter, the report states.
The pedestrian, later identified by the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s office as 41-year-old Robert Flores, was pronounced dead on the scene.
The medical examiner’s office ruled Flores’ death an accident caused by multiple blunt force injuries.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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