Community Corner
83-Year Old Cloverdale Driver Kills Pedestrian in Crosswalk
A woman died at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital after she was hit by
a pickup truck while crossing a Cloverdale street in a crosswalk on Sunday
night, police said.
Police identified the victim as 68-year-old Maria Ponce, of Cloverdale.
The collision was reported at 9:35 p.m. at the intersection of
South Cloverdale Boulevard and Healdsburg Avenue. Cloverdale Fire Department personnel were tending to the woman when police arrived.
Police identified the driver as 83-year-old Guadalupe J. Castro
Barragan.
Barragan was released at the scene, and police said alcohol does
not appear to have been a factor in the crash, police said.
The incident is still under investigation.