Berkeley,CA : Failure to yield to a pedestrian led to fatal Berkeley crash on January, Monday 22nd 2018

A city employee’s failure to yield to a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk near UC Berkeley earlier this month led to the car crash that caused the death of a 70-year-old Berkeley woman, authorities report.

Shelley Rideout was killed Jan. 12, as she walked north in the crosswalk on Channing Way, when the westbound driver struck her with a city vehicle at 15 mph, the California Highway Patrol reported previously. The driver had just stopped at the stop sign on Channing at Fulton Street, then proceeded through the intersection and struck Rideout in the western crosswalk. She was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 1:20 p.m.

Monday, Oakland-area CHP spokesman Officer Matt Hamer said the CHP has determined that the cause of the crash was the driver’s failure to yield to a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk. No other associated factors were listed, Hamer said, though the report is not complete.

Hamer said the CHP is not planning to pursue criminal charges in the case. The driver will get a point on her record, as is typical when a party is found to be at fault.

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Failure to yield to a pedestrian led to fatal Berkeley crash