Berkeley,CA : Female pedestrian, 70, dies in crash near UC Berkeley on January, Friday 12th 2018

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.

The California Highway Patrol, which is handling the case, said the crash was reported at 1:21 p.m. Officer Matthew Hamer, CHP Oakland spokesman, said the driver was traveling 15 mph westbound on Channing in a city vehicle just prior to the crash, having just stopped at Fulton.

Hamer said the driver proceeded through the intersection and struck the pedestrian as she walked northbound in a marked crosswalk. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene by Berkeley firefighters. Her name has not been released.

Hamer said there was large equipment in the intersection for a sewer maintenance project, and that the CHP will investigate whether that might have been a visual obstruction or a contributing factor to the collision.

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Female pedestrian, 70, dies in crash near UC Berkeley