San Leandro Woman Identified as Crash Victim

A woman who died while crossing the street before sunrise Tuesday morning in San Leandro has been identified as Romula Tugade, 85, according to the Alameda County coroner’s bureau.

Tugade was a San Leandro resident, according to the coroner’s bureau.

Tugade was crossing the street at about 6:30 a.m. in the 1600 block of Manor Boulevard when she was hit by an SUV, police said. The collision knocked her unconscious and she died at a hospital.

The driver of the SUV, a 33-year-old Hayward man, stopped and cooperated with police. The man had just left the midnight shift of a job and was driving at the speed limit of 25 mph, police said.

Police do not suspect alcohol or drugs were involved in the collision.

Witnesses or anyone with more information about the collision is being asked to call San Leandro police at (510) 577-3208.

--Bay City News