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A Livermore woman died after being struck by a vehicle on First Street when she walked back into the roadway moments after crashing her car into the median late last month, according to a department spokesman.
The woman was identified as 78-year-old Sydney Bettencourt, according to the Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau.
The situation unfolded around 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 22 along First Street near the new intersection at Larch Lane, just south of Portola Avenue, according to Livermore police Sgt. Steve Goard.
Bettencourt was driving southbound on First Street toward downtown when she crashed into the center median, according to Goard.
The woman initially got out of her vehicle and walked to a place of safety on the sidewalk, but a short time later, for unknown reasons, she stepped off the sidewalk to walk back toward her crashed car outside of the crosswalk, according to Goard.
At that point, she was struck by a vehicle traveling northbound on First Street, causing injuries that were ultimately fatal, according to Goard.
The man who was driving the other vehicle, whose identity was not released, cooperated with police, and investigators have ruled out speed, drugs and alcohol as factors in the fatal collision, the sergeant said. “There will be no charges against the driver, the pedestrian was determined to be at fault,” Goard added.
