On August 12, 2025, at approximately 5:08 a.m., Fremont Police Department Officers responded to the area of Paseo Padre Parkway and Capitol Avenue to investigate a major injury collision. Fremont PD learned from a 911 caller that a vehicle had collided with a pedestrian. Officers located the pedestrian down in the roadway, and paramedics declared the pedestrian deceased at the scene. The vehicle involved in the collision left the scene prior to police arrival. The driver of the involved vehicle returned to the scene a short time later.
The Fremont Police Department Traffic Investigations Unit assumed the collision investigation. Preliminary findings indicate that the pedestrian was attempting to cross Paseo Padre Parkway mid-block, south of Capitol Avenue, while pushing a shopping cart containing personal belongings. The pedestrian was near the raised center median divider when the vehicle traveling northbound on Paseo Padre Parkway struck both the pedestrian and the shopping cart. It appears that a second unknown vehicle struck the pedestrian following the initial collision. The cause of the collision is still under investigation, but drug or alcohol impairment does not appear to be a factor. The driver of the vehicle who first struck the pedestrian is cooperating with the investigation.
The deceased pedestrian is identified as a seventy-six-year-old resident of Fremont. The Alameda County Coroner's Office responded to recover the decedent.
A map showing the location of the collision is included in this press release.
This is Fremont’s fifth fatal traffic collision in 2025.
Anyone witnessing the collision or with information regarding this collision, please contact Fremont Police Traffic Unit by calling Fremont Police Department at (510) 790-6760. We also accept anonymous tips. Text 'Tip FremontPD' followed by your short message to 888-777 or via the web at https://www.fremontpolice.gov/Tip.
Incident: Fatal Traffic Collision
Date/Time: August 12, 2025, at approximately 5:07 a.m.
Location: Area of Paseo Padre Parkway and Capitol Avenue
Case #: 250812003
Media Contact: [email protected]; (510) 790-6802
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