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SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) — A man hit by a VIA Metropolitan Transit bus early Thursday morning is dead, according to the San Antonio Police Department.

Officers were called to the westbound lanes of Loop 410 near Evers around 3:30 a.m. It is reported the man was trying to cross the highway when he was hit, and he was soon rushed to the hospital in critical condition. In the hours that followed his arrival, he died of his injuries.

The man is only identified as being in his 30s, and it is unclear why he was trying to cross at that location.

Traffic was slowed from Callaghan Road to Evers Road during the investigation, but lanes were reopened by the time rush hour ramped up.

KSAT-12 reports no passengers were on the bus when the man was hit.

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