TBS Today, Aug. 20
Bike safety advocates are calling for accountability after a driver struck a child in a crosswalk outside a Berkeley middle school this week.
But the primary issue wasn't the driver behind the wheel, they say, but another driver who had parked in a nearby red zone, reducing visibility in the busy crosswalk as school let out.
After boy hit in crosswalk, school red curbs top of mind
The crash happened Monday at about 3 p.m., at Hopkins Street and Colusa Avenue, as King middle school was letting out.
Emilie Raguso
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