1 killed, 1 injured in crash involving Bexar County constable

Victim identified as Floyd Hitzfeld, 86

SAN ANTONIO – An 86-year-old man was killed in a crash Tuesday involving a Bexar County constable.

According to a police report, Kelvin O'Neil, 40, was driving a Chevrolet Tahoe with his emergency lights on in the 7600 block of Bandera Road around 3:15 p.m., when a 2014 Subaru BRZ stopped at the cut through.

O'Neil assumed the driver of the Subaru, Helen Hitzfeld, 84, was stopping, but she drove across the north lanes, the report said.

O'Neil tried to avoid the Subaru but hit the vehicle on the passenger side, the report said.

A passenger in the Subaru, Floyd Hitzfeld, 86, was killed, the report said.


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