UPDATE:
SAN ANTONIO – The man who police said was killed after he was hit by several cars on Loop 410 near Broadway has now been identified.
The Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office identified the man Friday as Phillip Garippo, 26.
Police said Garippo was killed after he acted very erratically when he ran across the eastbound lanes of the highway.
Garippo was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
ORIGINAL STORY:
A shirtless man who police said was "acting very erratic" was killed after he was hit by several cars during morning rush hour Thursday on the city's North Side.
Police said up to five vehicles hit the man when he ran across the eastbound lanes of Loop 410 near Broadway around 6:30 a.m.
"He was killed instantly," said Sgt. Ramiro Juarez-Ramos, of the San Antonio Police Department.
The fatality caused bumper-to-bumper traffic for hours.
"At any hour, it's dangerous to cross (the highway). But when you're doing it at 6 o'clock in the morning, when it's dark out here -- people are getting to work, and the last thing they expect to see on the highway when they're trying to wake up is somebody standing in the middle of the lanes," Juarez-Ramos said.
Police don't know why the man ran across the highway.
Major accident EB Loop 410 at N. New Braunfels. MV/Pedestrian fatality with right and center lanes closed. SAFD and SAPD on the scene. Expect delays. pic.twitter.com/nBnMVSNyiJ
— KSAT Traffic (@ksat_traffic) April 18, 2019