An update has emerged in the investigation into the fatal collision that claimed the life of a woman in Redwood City. The Redwood City Police Department has corrected earlier reports about the circumstances surrounding the crash, specifying that the victim and the witness were crossing at an intersection that lacked a designated crosswalk. Originally, it was stated by the witness that "the pedestrian entered the crosswalk with the signal," but now it has been clarified that "he and the pedestrian were crossing the intersection, where there was not a designated crosswalk, at the time of the collision," according to a correction issued by the department.
In the early hours of a morning, the 32-year-old woman was struck and left critically injured, only to be found 100 feet from the intersection of Woodside Road and Veterans Boulevard. The police and medical crew did what they could, but the woman succumbed to her injuries at Stanford Hospital, according to a report by Hoodline. The driver of the vehicle involved reportedly stopped immediately and cooperated with law enforcement, and, having undergone a voluntary PAS test and blood draw, has been cleared of any suggestion of alcohol or drug impairment.
Authorities continue to peel back the layers of this incident, with the driver asserting that he had a green light at the time of the collision, as Hoodline detailed. However, the witness has painted a less clear-cut sequence of events with his initial and corrected statements. Police are reaching out for more witnesses as the investigation unfolds, and information can be shared with the Redwood City Police Department's Traffic Unit at 650-780-7100.
