Rob AriasThe Emeryville Police Department announced the arrest of a suspect in a felony hit-and-run. The arrest was made with help from their recently deployed Flock Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) system.
Police responded to a report of an unconscious victim along the drive-aisle behind the Powell Street Plaza near Shellmound at about 3:40 p.m. yesterday.
A female pedestrian was found with a head injury but still breathing. She was transported to the intensive care unit at a local hospital where she remains in critical condition.
Police determined through surveillance footage that the vehicle struck the woman while making a right into the drive aisle from Shellmound. The vehicle struck the woman from behind before fleeing the scene.
EPD Detectives used their newly installed Flock ALPR system to identify the suspected vehicle and obtain its license plate. The vehicle, identified as a black Lexus, was flagged as a felony vehicle and investigators pulled the registered address.
Detectives were able to locate the suspect’s vehicle in Oakland and make an arrest at about 7:00 a.m. this morning without incident.
He was identified as 40-year-old Oakland resident Frederick B. Collins. Collins has been transported to Santa Rita Jail and is awaiting a February 24th arraignment.
Thanks for the great reporting. Glad to see they were able to find the person quickly. Hoping for a recovery for the victim.
Businesses along Hubbard and Councilmember Priforce oppose safety improvements that would prevent incidents like this from happening.
I honestly don’t think what the city has planned for Shellmound would have made a difference in this instance. That drive aisle is private property.
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The two way bike lane is on this side of the street, reducing the required turning radius with concrete barriers between the bikeway and street. This meaning cars physically can’t enter this property at the same speed they do currently.
I’d have to see the surveillance video to understand the parameters completely. For now, I’d personally much rather see widened sidewalks behind BevMo or at least parking blocks and some daylight where the alleyway connects to the drive aisle. I think that’s the reason pedestrians don’t use the sidewalk there is because how narrow it is and how parked cars overlap the curb (link to screenshot below)
Sometimes there’s an easy, cheap fix for these things that is overlooked.
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Council Member Priforce was right about a couple of things. Getting us these cameras for when vehicle crimes like this happen and Sam Gould posing anonymously to troll him in comments.
Priforce had nothing to do with getting those cameras installed, despite his bragging and taking credit where it isn’t deserved. Typical of him to lie about something like this.
I appreciate the support, thank you; but I would prefer that my supporters focus less on the obsessed ruminations of a few individuals acting in cowardly anonymity and focus more on praying for the victim involved in this tragedy. It is my sincere wish that she recovers from this trauma, because this is the kind of thing that can change a life forever and she doesn’t deserve that – no one does.
Can we cease the politics for a moment and as a city come together for this victim and her family? I will say a prayer for them this Sunday. I also want to recognize the first responders who came to her aide. Thank you The E’ville Eye for covering this story.
– Councilmember Kalimah Priforce
I am not Sam Gould and I don’t know why you accuse me as such. I just see those ugly signs on Hubbard every day as I walk to my job opposing closing an intersection like this one. Prayers will not save this person and this senseless violence could have been prevented with changes you oppose. Cameras can catch the offender after but do nothing to prevent this tragic incident. It’s time to spine up, thoughts and prayers are pointless and the truth is you are siding with real estate over our citizens safety resulting in people like this poor woman being sent to the hospital.
It would be great if you used your position as an elected public official to support traffic calming and pedestrian and transit-oriented infrastructure. You have the ability to give more than thoughts and prayers.