Saturday Morning Collision In Palo Alto Kills Man

PALO ALTO - Police are investigating a collision Saturday morning in Palo Alto that killed a man.

Dispatchers received a call at 7:30 a.m. of a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian in the 800 block of Embarcadero Road. Police and firefighters responded and found a man in his 80s unconscious and suffering from major injuries. The man was pronounced dead, according to police.

The East Palo Alto driver in his 20's escaped injury and cooperated with officers. A traffic accident reconstruction team is investigation the cause of the collision. Police said it does not appear drugs or alcohol played a part. The driver has been neither cited nor arrested.

Anyone with more information about the collision is urged to call dispatch at (650) 329-2413. Anonymous tips can be emailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent by text or voicemail to (650) 383-8984.

Tips can also be sent anonymously through the Police Department's mobile app, which can be downloaded at bit.ly/PAPD-AppStore or bit.ly/PAPD-GooglePlay.

-Bay City News, image via ShutterStock