Police are seeking witnesses to a collision Monday morning in Palo Alto where a driver struck a pedestrian who died the next day.
The driver, a man in his 60s, was westbound in a 2002 Ford F-150 pickup truck that struck a pedestrian in an unmarked crosswalk at the intersection of East Charleston Road and Commercial Street shortly after 10 a.m. Monday, March 20. The Palo Alto Police Department said in a press release. The driver had stopped at a stop sign and prepared to turn right onto Charleston before the collision.
The pedestrian, a man in his 80s, fell backwards and hit his head on the pavement, the news release said. The driver called 911, stayed at the scene and cooperated with police.
Agents and personnel from the Palo Alto Fire Department and the Specialized Traffic Accident Reconstruction Team intervened at the scene. Paramedics took the pedestrian to a hospital, where he died on Tuesday. The Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office had not released the man’s name as of Wednesday afternoon.
The cause of the collision remains under investigation. Police ask that anyone who witnessed the collision call the 24-hour dispatch center at 650-329-2413. Anonymous tips can be sent to the police department by email at [email protected] or by text or voicemail at 650-383-8984.
