Update: Pedestrian dead after Claremont Avenue crash
Berkeley police closed Claremont from Woolsey Street to Prince Street during the investigation.
A pedestrian died after a driver struck him Tuesday night in Berkeley at Claremont Avenue and The Uplands, authorities report.
The incident was reported shortly before 9:30 p.m., according to radio traffic reviewed by The Scanner.
The pedestrian appeared to be in his 50s, and was unresponsive and bleeding from the head after the crash, according to early reports.
Berkeley police quickly called in the Fatal Accident Investigation Team due to the severity of his injuries.
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The Berkeley Fire Department rushed the man to Highland Hospital, with a trauma activation, shortly after the crash.
He was pronounced dead a short time later. No further information about him was immediately available.
The driver remained at the scene, Berkeley police said.
Police closed Claremont Avenue, from Woolsey Street to Prince Street, to all pedestrian and vehicular traffic during the investigation.
In the hours after the collision, BPD called in crime scene cleaners to remove "two or three pints of blood" from the ground, and a tow truck to take away a Hyundai that had been involved in the crash, according to radio traffic.
Police also took 3D scans of the collision scene as part of the investigation.
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One neighborhood resident told The Scanner it was far from the first time there was a serious collision in the area.
"We have seen multiple rollover accidents … over the last 15 years. Last year, a car lost control and drove up onto the sidewalk … only stopping when it hit a tree. A bicyclist was hit by an Uber driver in front of our house. And when my kid was in elementary school at John Muir, a little girl and her mother were hit in the crosswalk in front of the school," she wrote.
"Claremont is an incredibly dangerous street and Berkeley … doesn’t seem to be doing much about it," she continued. "We actually have a camera set up to track the number of cars, bikes and pedestrians that go by each day. It’s a lot. The road needs a diet."
This story was updated after publication due to the developing nature of events.
