A 73-year-old pedestrian died after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday afternoon at Prescott Road and Mt. Vernon Drive. It’s Modesto’s 15th traffic fatality of 2026, the Police Department said in reporting the collision.
At about 1:10 p.m., officers were dispatched to the intersection. They determined that Edward Heiss was crossing Prescott in the south crosswalk with an illuminated walk signal. He was struck by a vehicle making a left turn from Mt. Vernon, an MPD social media post says.
Heiss was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with the investigation…