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Article: Police find driver suspected of hitting Palo Alto High student
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- August 28, 2009
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Palo Alto police have tracked down a 75-year-old San Jose woman
they believe hit a Palo Alto High School student with her car
Wednesday afternoon as the 16-year-old student tried to scamper
across El Camino Real.
The girl, who police said was trying to run across six lanes of
traffic to catch a bus, was lucky to suffer only bumps and bruises,
police Agent Dan Ryan said. The driver was not at fault for the
accident but could face hit-and-run charges because she left the
scene. Ryan did not release her identity Thursday.
"The kid was running across against a red light trying to catch
the bus," Ryan said. "Four or five witnesses all saw the same thing.
She made it across five lanes but got hit ...