1 dead in collision involving pedestrian in Downtown Sacramento
SACRAMENTO – Yet another vehicle versus pedestrian collision shut down local streets on Tuesday.
The crash happened Tuesday afternoon at around p.m. along a busy stretch of Sacramento near 8th and P streets. The driver did stay on the scene, but the crash was fatal for the pedestrian.
Just as a major nationwide push gets underway to save more lives, many who walk on downtown Sacramento streets say they've had close calls with cars.
"I've nearly been hit on a few occasions," one civilian said.
"I have to worry constantly about being hit," another civilian said.
Sacramento County has one of the highest rates of pedestrian accidents in the state.
Tuesday's collision happened right in front of the new California Natural Resources Building.
"It is sad. I don't know who it is. It reminds you to be careful when you're walking around downtown," Shelly Johnson said.
Johnson works in the state building.
"You've got to be careful," she said. "You can't rush out right when the light turns green."
Sacramento police are investigating the fatal collision.
They say the driver stopped at the scene, but detectives have not yet released whether the driver or pedestrian was at fault.
"It's really a very sad event that it happened at that intersection,"
The crash comes just four days into Distracted Driver Awareness Month, an annual effort to try and reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on roadways.
Nationwide, an average of 17 pedestrians die each day because of vehicle collisions, and more than half the time, investigators say the person on foot is at fault.
