An Alameda County judge has allowed the family of paramedic Anmol-Kiran Kaur Bassi to pursue a lawsuit against Oakland over an officer’s handling of a suspected drunk driver shortly before she killed Bassi on I-880. The family alleges the officer let the driver leave after her car became stuck on railroad tracks in the Jack London District, without a field sobriety test or arrest.
The crash happened on November 29, 2025, according to The Oaklandside, which reported that Gianni Robinson was driving in Oakland’s Jack London District toward an In-N-Out in Alameda with a friend when her car became stuck on railway tracks near Oak Street and 2nd Street. Robinson called 911, and Oakland police officers arrived and helped tow her car off the tracks, according to a CHP report cited by the outlet. Robinson was later transported to Highland Hospital with injuries from the freeway crash.
Bassi had been involved in a fender bender and had stopped in a highway lane, according to court records cited in the report. Satch Slavin, the deputy public defender representing Robinson, said his client was devastated and tried to avoid a disabled vehicle blocking the fast lane, adding that Bassi was standing on the shoulder when she was killed. The California Highway Patrol estimated Robinson was driving about 70 mph when her Chevrolet struck the scene, according to the Mercury News.
What Happened at the Railroad Tracks
In a CHP report summarizing Robinson’s interview, she said the Oakland officer told her he knew she was intoxicated and that she was lucky he was not arresting her for DUI. Court records say the officer did not give her a field sobriety test or arrest her. The officer told CHP he watched the car leave but could not recall who was driving. OPD told CHP there was no body-camera footage of the encounter, according to the report…