Los Altos Man Tragically Passes Away After Being Struck By Car Last Week

A pedestrian struck by a car in Mountain View last week has died, his family and Santa Clara County medical examiner’s officials said today.

Robert Schwehr, 68, was struck shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 16 near Charleston Road and Independence Avenue, Mountain View police said. Schwehr was taken to a hospital, where he died Wednesday, according to the medical examiner’s office.

“We miss him so incredibly much,” his daughter Kiley Riffell said. “An avid fisherman and a proud grandfather, he had so much more life to live.”

The driver who struck Schwehr remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators, police said.

A preliminary investigation determined the driver was leaving a shopping center parking lot and turned east onto Charleston Road, then struck Schwehr, who was walking in the crosswalk at Independence Avenue, police said.

Anyone who witnessed the collision or has information about the case is asked to call Mountain View police at (650) 903-6395.

Robert Schwehr is survived by his mother, brother, wife, two children and two grandkids, according to his family.

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--Bay City News

--Photos courtesy of the Schwehr family