SAN ANTONIO – UPDATE on March 18: The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the person who died as Laurie Alvarez, 44.
Her cause and manner of death have not been determined.
A VIA Metropolitan Transit spokesperson confirmed the death of an individual near a VIA bus stop on Wednesday.
Emergency personnel responded at approximately 10 a.m. to the bus stop located near the intersection of Ingram Road and Wurzbach Road, which is less than half a mile from Ingram Park Mall.
According to VIA, a customer exited the bus near the mall and collapsed a short time later. VIA then contacted the San Antonio Police Department for assistance.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office later arrived on scene and pronounced the person dead, the spokesperson said.
Nate Kotisso joined KSAT as a digital journalist in 2024. He previously worked as a newspaper reporter in the Rio Grande Valley for more than two years and spent nearly three years as a digital producer at the CBS station in Oklahoma City.