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Reward offered after Good Samaritan killed helping woman change tire on IH-35

The woman was also hit in the accident. Police are looking for the driver who fled the scene.

SAN ANTONIO — A new reward is offered after a Good Samaritan died from being run down by a driver on IH-35. 

According to police, 46-year-old Arturo Velez Garcia was helping a woman had a blowout along IH-35 and Eisenhauer Road just after midnight. 

Garcia saw the woman trying to change her tire decided to pull over to help. 

While Garcia was changing the tire, a car traveling southbound on IH-35 hit both the truck driver and the woman on the side of the interstate. 

The driver fled the scene. 

Garcia was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition. He later died of his injuries The woman was also taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. 

Police are still looking for the driver involved in the hit-and-run. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest.

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