Crime & Safety
Fatal Berkeley Crash Victim ID’d
A pedestrian killed in a collision Monday in Berkeley was 54-year-old Vallejo resident Latitia Austin Ahmad.
BERKELEY, CA — A pedestrian killed in a collision Monday in Berkeley was 54-year-old Vallejo resident Latitia Austin Ahmad, officials with the Alameda County coroner's bureau said Thursday.
Multiple people called at 9:56 p.m. Monday to report a collision between a vehicle and two pedestrians in the area of Ashby Avenue and Newbury Street.
Both pedestrians suffered serious injuries in the crash, and both were taken to a hospital where Austin Ahmad died.
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The other person, a woman in her 20s, was in stable condition after the crash, police said.
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