Female pedestrian, 66, dead after Berkeley crash

Traffic safety

The coroner’s office has identified the woman who died in Sunday’s crash as Elise Lusk of Berkeley. The driver was an 87-year-old Oakland woman.

Update, 3:20 p.m. A 66-year-old woman is dead after being struck by a driver in North Berkeley on Sunday afternoon near Monterey Market, authorities have confirmed.

BPD’s Fatal Accident Investigation Team will handle the case.

BPD said it will also schedule a “Vision Zero Rapid Response Crash Briefing” in line with its normal protocols.

Original story: First responders rushed a pedestrian to the hospital Sunday after a serious car crash in North Berkeley, according to authorities and community reports.

The pedestrian was trapped under the car during the crash, which left groceries scattered in the street.

Berkeley police and firefighters were dispatched to California and Ada streets just before 1 p.m. for a report of a pedestrian who had just been struck and was under a vehicle about a block south of Monterey Market.

Officers said the pedestrian appeared to be “barely breathing” as first responders got to the scene and firefighters quickly established a rescue operation.

The Berkeley Fire Department immediately called for a floor jack to help free the pedestrian who was described as “underneath the vehicle, still breathing.”

Once freed, BFD took the pedestrian “Code 3,” using lights and sirens, to Highland Hospital with a trauma activation, according to radio traffic reviewed by The Scanner.

Authorities identified the car as a red Chevrolet Bolt out of Oakland. The driver remained at the scene.

Benjamin Fry, a member of Walk Bike Berkeley who went to the scene, said it appeared the driver had come down the hill on California Street, northbound, and struck the individual while turning left onto Ada, according to preliminary, unconfirmed information.

The Scanner has asked authorities for information. This story will be updated as more details become available.