According to the Auburn Police Department, authorities responded at around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, January 29, to the collision near High Street and Cleveland Avenue
Auburn, CA – A woman and an infant were transported to a hospital after being involved in an auto-pedestrian collision in the Auburn area on Wednesday afternoon.
According to the Auburn Police Department, authorities responded at around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, January 29, to the collision near High Street and Cleveland Avenue.
The police report indicates that a 60-year-old woman was pushing a stroller with an infant in it when they were hit by a car. The driver was reportedly on a green light turning left onto High Street from Cleveland Avenue when the car hit the victims in the crosswalk.
Medics transported the woman and the infant to a hospital for treatment. The extent of their injuries was not specified in the report.
According to APD, the driver remained at the scene and was cooperative with law enforcement. The driver was traveling within the speed limit and was not suspected of impairment.
Police said the sun may have been a contributing factor in the accident.
Roads were shut down for hour in the area as authorities conducted the investigations. The Auburn police are trying to figure out the cause of the accident.
In 2023, Sacramento reported 4,214 victims killed or injured in collisions, ranking 2nd among similar large California cities, indicating a very high number of serious crashes compared with peers. Alcohol-involved collisions numbered 454, the highest in its group, and speed-related fatal and injury collisions were 745, also ranking 1st. Pedestrian and bicyclist injuries were significant, with 297 pedestrians and 237 bicyclists killed or injured, both ranking in the top quarter of peer cities. Nighttime and hit-and-run collisions were also common, with 438 nighttime and 581 hit-and-run collisions, ranking 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Sacramento logged 880 DUI arrests in 2023. In 2022, the city similarly had high OTS figures with 4,008 killed or injured and top rankings for alcohol and other serious crash categories, underscoring ongoing traffic safety challenges.
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