Crime & Safety
Albany Girl, 10, Hit in Crosswalk, Leg Fractured
A vehicle turning onto Masonic from Solano next to the overhead BART tracks hit a 10-year-old Albany girl Tuesday afternoon, sending the child to the hospital with a fractured leg, police said. The driver was not cited.
A 10-year-old Albany girl suffered a fractured leg Tuesday afternoon when she was hit by a vehicle turning onto Masonic Avenue from Solano Avenue, according to Albany police.
The victim was crossing Masonic with two other children about 3:19 p.m. when a vehicle traveling west on Solano turned southbound onto Masonic, police said. All three children fell to the ground in the collision, but the other two were not struck.
The injured child suffered no other injuries and was conscious and able to speak when police arrived. Her parents too came to the scene, and she was taken to a local hospital with fractures in the two bones of the lower leg, the tibia and fibula, police said.
The woman driving the car was watching for oncoming traffic and did not see the children, according to a source in the police department who asked not to be identified by name.
"It was a slight impact," the source said.
No citation was issued, and the case is closed, the police source said.
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