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# Pedestrian hit by elderly driver
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/pedestrian-hit-by-elderly-driver/
- Published: 2013-03-15T23:52:16.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:05:22.000Z
- Author: Kevin Herrera
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 13:52

[![A tow-truck driver tries to hook up a car Friday that was involved in a car accident at the corner of Second Street and Arizona Avenue. Police said the 89-year-old driver ran a red light at the intersection, collided with another car and then proceeded onto the Second Street sidewalk, striking a female pedestrian, who held onto the hood for several feet before the car hit a tree and stopped. The woman, in her 20s, was conscious but was taken to a hospital for treatment. Second Street and Arizona Avenue were closed for a couple of blocks from roughly 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The site of the crash and age of the driver reminded some bystanders of the deadly Farmers' Market crash of 2003 in which 10 people were killed.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/smdp-com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2024/07/031613_x-car-crash-scaled.jpg)](http://www.www.smdp.com/pedestrian-hit-by-elderly-driver/119776/031613%5Fx-car-crash?ref=smdp.com)

Kevin Herrera kevinh@www.smdp.com

A tow-truck driver tries to hook up a car Friday that was involved in a car accident at the corner of Second Street and Arizona Avenue. Police said the 89-year-old driver ran a red light at the intersection, collided with another car and then proceeded onto the Second Street sidewalk, striking a female pedestrian, who held onto the hood for several feet before the car hit a tree and stopped. The woman, in her 20s, was conscious but was taken to a hospital for treatment. Second Street and Arizona Avenue were closed for a couple of blocks from roughly 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The site of the crash and age of the driver reminded some bystanders of the deadly Farmers' Market crash of 2003 in which 10 people were killed.