Three months after a driver struck and killed a 64-year-old Oakland man walking near the Ashby BART station, authorities have charged that driver with leaving the scene of the fatal crash, according to court papers.
Pedestrian fatality
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Update: Man found dead by Ashby BART station was likely hit-and-run
Police closed part of Adeline Street alongside Ashby BART on Saturday night after the discovery of a body in the roadway next to the station, authorities report.
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Witness to Berkeley train fatalities: ‘I looked around and they were gone’
Two men were killed by an Amtrak train as they stood on the tracks and waited for a freight train to pass. It was something they had done dozens of times, but the action went horribly awry Thursday.
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Train strikes and kills two people
The collision happened near the Amtrak station off University Avenue.
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Female pedestrian in her 70s struck during crash in South Berkeley
A crash at Sacramento and Fairview streets in South Berkeley left a pedestrian unresponsive Wednesday night. Crista Carlson, 70, of Emeryville died in June.
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Tom Clark, renowned poet and biographer, dies in Berkeley crash
The Berkeley man who died after a traffic collision on The Alameda in North Berkeley on Friday was acclaimed poet Tom Clark.
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Pedestrian, 77, dies after driver struck him south of The Alameda crosswalk
A Berkeley man who was struck by a car while crossing The Alameda on Friday night died several hours later at Highland Hospital, authorities report.
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Video: Nine years after a son was killed, a family campaigns for pedestrian safety
On the anniversary of the death of 5-year-old Zachary Cruz, killed by a motorist on a crosswalk, his family called on people to “drive like your kid died here.”
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CHP: Failure to yield to a pedestrian led to fatal Berkeley crash
A city employee’s failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk near Cal earlier this month led to the car crash that caused the death of a 70-year-old woman, the CHP says.
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Female pedestrian, 70, dies in crash near UC Berkeley
A 70-year-old Berkeley woman has died after a city of Berkeley worker struck her Friday while driving through the intersection of Channing Way at Fulton Street.
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Longtime activist, 69, dies after crash; police say driver failed to yield
A longtime activist walking in a crosswalk several blocks from her home died in late April one week after she was hit by a driver who failed to stop for her, police said.
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Man dies after being struck by train on Berkeley tracks
A man died on Saturday Dec. 3, after being struck by a train at Addison Street and the train track, according to Berkeley Police. Image: Google Maps A train struck and killed a man in Berkeley on Saturday at 3:15 p.m., according to Berkeley police. Traffic in the area was delayed as a result. The […]
