Elderly Wheelchair-Bound Man Hit, Killed On El Camino Real

SAN BRUNO, CA — A wheelchair-bound man was killed as he crossed El Camino Real in San Bruno this week, police said Thursday. The 70-year-old has since been identified by the coroner's office as San Bruno resident Rajendra Prasad.

The incident happened just after 6 a.m. Wednesday along ECR at Santa Lucia Avenue, according to San Bruno Police Sgt. Gene Wong.

"Officers determined that [the man] was crossing El Camino Real in a wheelchair when he was struck by a van traveling southbound on El Camino Real," Wong said in a news release. "The driver of the involved vehicle remained at the scene."

Wong did not say if Prasad was in a crosswalk. The victim was taken to a local trauma center, where he later died.

Anyone with information about the collision is asked to contact San Bruno police at (650) 616-7100 or sbpdtipline@sanbruno.ca.gov.

Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone