An elderly San Carlos woman was fatally struck by a minivan while crossing El Camino Real in Belmont early Friday morning, according to police.
The collision occurred at El Camino Real and Fifth Avenue around 6:45 a.m. The victim, 83, was walking with a walker on the south side of the intersection where there is no marked crosswalk — the north side includes a crosswalk and pedestrian crossing signs — when she was hit, said police Capt. Patrick Halleran. Officers found the victim down in the road, she was treated at the scene and then taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced deceased, according to a press release.
The driver, 80, was traveling south on El Camino Real at the time, below the 35 mph speed limit and was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, Halleran said. The driver is fully cooperating with investigators, he added.
“It’s preferred pedestrians use the crosswalk [on the north side of the intersection], but we’re still looking into the exact circumstances of the collision,” he said.
Halleran added that a vehicle and motorcycle collided at that intersection in January and the last time a pedestrian was struck there was in 2012. That collision resulted in minor injuries, he said.
“We always look at every accident to see if we can prevent them in the future and we’ll be looking at possible improvements at the intersection,” Halleran said, adding that the road is owned by Caltrans and any pedestrian upgrades would ultimately be up to that agency.
Crashes aren't accidents. Saying "accident" makes it wrongly appear as though crashes are inevitable rather than preventable. Many intersections in the city are not enforceable 24/7 and have many crashes. Harbor/ECR, Ralston/ECR and Davy Glen/ECR are examples of dangerous intersection with frequent collisions. , The majority of auto fatalities and injuries could be prevented if it were not for drunk driving, distracted driving, poor road conditions, speeding, more than one lane in a direction, or negligence by one of the drivers.
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Crashes aren't accidents. Saying "accident" makes it wrongly appear as though crashes are inevitable rather than preventable. Many intersections in the city are not enforceable 24/7 and have many crashes. Harbor/ECR, Ralston/ECR and Davy Glen/ECR are examples of dangerous intersection with frequent collisions. , The majority of auto fatalities and injuries could be prevented if it were not for drunk driving, distracted driving, poor road conditions, speeding, more than one lane in a direction, or negligence by one of the drivers.
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