(KRON) — A 59-year-old woman is dead and a 6-year-old boy was seriously injured when they were hit by a car near the intersection of Tennyson Road and Baldwin Street on Saturday, according to the Hayward Police Department.
The woman and child were using a crosswalk in the area at about 6:21 p.m. when a 60-year-old man from Hayward allegedly hit them with his car.
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“Medical personnel responded and transported both pedestrians to a nearby hospital where the adult female pedestrian later succumbed to her injuries,” Hayward PD said. “The male juvenile sustained facial fractures, is expected to survive, and has since been reunited with family members.”
The driver remained at the scene of the crash and is cooperating with the investigation, police said. Authorities do not suspect that he was under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time of the crash.
The cause of the crash is under investigation…