A 39-year-old woman was hospitalized in stable condition after a pickup truck struck her while she was walking on Nelson Avenue in Oroville late Tuesday night. The driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with investigators, and the collision remains under investigation.
According to Action News Now, Oroville police received their first call for service around 10:11 p.m. on November 10, reporting a vehicle-versus-pedestrian collision near the CAL FIRE Butte Unit headquarters in the 100 block of Nelson Avenue. Per Oroville police, the woman was found in the roadway after being struck by the pickup truck.
CAL FIRE Crews Reached Her First
CAL FIRE personnel arrived at the scene before Oroville police officers and provided medical assistance to the woman, the station's report notes. Nelson Avenue was initially blocked off by CAL FIRE personnel as the response got underway. She sustained moderate injuries, per Oroville police, and was transported to a local area hospital, where she was listed in stable condition.
Oroville police officers remained at the collision scene for approximately 40 minutes. The pickup truck driver stayed at the scene throughout and cooperated with the investigation. Authorities have withheld the identities of both the driver and the pedestrian, per the same account.
A Stretch of Road With a Troubled History
Nelson Avenue has been the site of other serious pedestrian collisions in Oroville. In one separate case, a woman believed to be in her 60s died after being struck by a vehicle while crossing near Nelson and 2nd streets on a Saturday night, according to a separate Action News Now report.
Other Oroville roadways have also seen pedestrians struck by vehicles in recent incidents. A man was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition after a pickup truck hit him in the 800 block of Oro Dam Boulevard East, FOX40 reported. And a deadly collision on Highway 70 in Oroville left one person dead after a car struck them in the southbound lane, according to another Action News Now account tied to that case.
No details on impairment, citations, or charges connected to the Nelson Avenue collision have been released, and the investigation into Tuesday night's crash continues.
