City Maintenance Truck Hits Pedestrian in Oakland

A city maintenance truck struck and injured a pedestrian in Oakland this morning, police said.

Police responded to reports of the collision at 9:57 a.m. near the corner of International Boulevard and Miller Avenue.

The pedestrian was walking north on Miller Avenue and hit by a city of Oakland maintenance truck headed west on International, police said. The pedestrian was taken to a hospital with a complaint of pain, police said.

The driver was not injured and cooperated with the police investigation.

The Oakland police Traffic Investigation Unit is looking into how the crash happened.

--City News Service

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