Crime & Safety
Man Injured by Auto at Colusa and Marin Avenues
In another injury accident on Marin Avenue, a Berkeley man was hit by a vehicle Tuesday night at Marin and Colusa avenues, police said. He has been released from the hospital is "doing well," authorities said.
Marin Avenue was once again the site of a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian.
Sgt. Mary Kusmiss of the Berkeley Police Department said, via email, that an older Albany woman was driving east on Marin Avenue while making a right on Colusa Avenue when she struck a Berkeley man walking eastbound across Colusa. Berkeley police received a call about the crash just before 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Authorities said late this afternoon, Wednesday, that the man has been released from the hospital and "is doing well."
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The pedestrian was taken to a local trauma center for treatment. Police received word late Tuesday night that the he "was alert and talking. Physicians deemed him in serious but stable condition," Kusmiss said.
The city first called out its Fatal Accident Investigation team, she said, because the initial medical assessment "garnered great concern that the injuries could be potentially life threatening."
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Kusmiss also shared information about the history of fatal accidents in Berkeley; it's attached to this story as two PDFs.
According to the data, there have been three fatal accidents on Berkeley's segment of Marin Avenue involving drivers and pedestrians since 1984: at Modoc (2004), Colusa (2007), and 2012 (Tulare).
Patch has been taking a close look at this year after the fatal crash at Tulare Avenue in January of 18-year-old , a former El Cerrito High School student
We found that, following a construction project designed to make Marin Avenue safer, injury accidents increased, and the frequency of speeding as a factor in those accidents became much more common.
The city of Albany has said it's waiting for the completed police report in the De Martini case from Berkeley before deciding if steps need to, or could, be taken to increase safety on Marin Avenue.
