A 14-year-old female was hit by a car and killed Monday morning at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Alameda de las Pulgas, the Redwood City Police Department has reported.
The accident occured at around 8:30 a.m.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation, but the department said the driver of the vehicle did remain at the scene of the accident and is cooperating fully with the investigation.
Officers responded to the scene at 8:33 a.m. and found that the 14-year-old bicyclist had sustained major injuries. The victim was treated by Redwood City Fire Department personnel and paramedics and was then transported to Stanford Hospital, where she died from her injuries.
Because the victim is a juvenile, the police department has not released her identity.
Anyone who witnessed the collision is encouraged to contact Officer Peter Cang at 650-780-7100 ext. 5021 or Detective Dave Cirina at 650-780-7607.
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and may they remember her with fond memories...
thru the same situation and know the feeling, my heart goes out to you all. May God give you the strenght to get thru this awful tragedy.
I frequently walk, and occasionally bike, throughout the area. Two thoughts come immediately to mind... 1. Drivers in the area seldom come to a full stop before the crosswalk at stop signs and lights. Making this situation worse, drivers making right turns often do not look to their right for pedestrians and "wrong-way" bikers--their attention is totally focused to their left for breaks in the oncoming traffic and the earliest opportunity to merge. 2. Abysmally few drivers lawfully stop to allow pedestrians to finish making their way across hazardous crosswalks. When one does, their action is ignored by others who continue on their through the intersection--sometime even changing lanes from behind the lawfully stopped vehicle(s). Don't think this is a problem? Spend a few moments observing traffic/pedestrian interaction at the intersection of Woodside Road and Kentucky Ave. about 3:30 after Woodside lets out for the day. You'll be astonished and (I hope) angered by what you see. You might even try the crossing yourself for a true perspective on the situation. I hope our police will watch these "hotspots" and little more closely and start cracking down on the inconsiderate and dangerous drivers among us. Personally, I would favor photo-ticketing for anyone who carelessly endangers our children and any innocent bike rider or pedestrian.