FREMONT — A bus driver ran over a pedestrian in Fremont early Thursday, resulting in the city’s ninth fatal traffic collision this year, police said Friday.
The pedestrian, identified only as a male, was struck by a bus “during the early hours of morning darkness” as he stood in the eastbound lanes near Mission Boulevard at State Route 262 and Warm Springs Boulevard, Fremont police said. Officers arrived and found him dead in the roadway at about 5:50 a.m., police said.
After the bus struck the pedestrian, other vehicles also ran over the pedestrian, police said. It does not appear drugs or alcohol impairment were a factor in the collision. The bus driver, along with other drivers, remained onsite to cooperate with investigators, police said.
Police did not immediately respond to an inquiry about what company, if any, the driver works for.
Of the city’s nine fatal traffic collisions this year, five occurred on city streets, three on state routes and one on private property, police said.
Any witnesses to the collision or those with information about the incident are asked to contact Fremont Police at 510-790-6760.