A fundraiser has been launched to help with Latitia Austin Ahmad’s funeral costs.
Pedestrian fatality
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Family plans to file lawsuit after recent traffic fatality in South Berkeley
The family said they do not understand many of the decisions made by police and are concerned race may have played a role in their approach.
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Update: Woman struck and killed by driver on Ashby Avenue is identified
A mother and her daughter were walking in Berkeley when a motorist struck them around 10 p.m. Monday. The daughter survived.
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He sought help for years for mental illness. It ultimately killed him.
Chuck Feezel had struggled since childhood with a constellation of physical and mental challenges that required serious psychiatric treatment.
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Man dies after hit-and-run crash; police ask for help to find driver
Charles Franklin Feezel was taken to Highland Hospital with critical injuries and died 12 days later.
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Man struck in roadway during mental health crisis, police seek driver
The driver left the area in what police described as a “lowered, dark-color, mid 90’s sedan, with tinted windows (possibly a Nissan Altima).”
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Third death by train in two years on tracks near Berkeley’s Amtrak Station
An Amtrak train hit and killed a 30-year-old man in Berkeley on Nov. 22.
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Oakland man charged with murder, other crimes in fatal Berkeley hit-and-run
Court papers identify the woman who was killed as Bernadette Youngbear. The 58-year-old, who was run down on the sidewalk, is BPD’s first homicide in more than two years. Authorities are trying to find her family.
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Police: Driver who killed a homeless woman on the sidewalk is in custody
The man Berkeley police identified as the driver in a fatal hit-and-run that killed a homeless woman on the sidewalk earlier this month is now in custody, authorities report.
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Police say ‘armed and dangerous’ man is wanted in fatal hit-and-run
“Alexander McGee knows that he is wanted and has been known to flee or fight police,” said BPD. Authorities asked anyone who sees him to call 911 immediately.
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Investigation continues into deadly hit-and-run that killed homeless woman
The woman who was killed Monday when a driver fleeing from police ran over her had been lying on the sidewalk for many hours the day before, prompting welfare checks from police and attempts to help her from others.
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Hit-and-run driver kills pedestrian on sidewalk during UC Berkeley police chase
The driver who fled was in a charcoal gray four-door sedan with a second occupant at the time of the crash, police said.
