{"id":151062878,"date":"2009-10-15T09:54:38","date_gmt":"2009-10-15T09:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=151062878"},"modified":"2009-10-15T09:54:38","modified_gmt":"2009-10-15T09:54:38","slug":"police-search-for-dump-truck-driver-after-fatal-hit-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=151062878","title":{"rendered":"Police search for dump truck driver after fatal hit-and-run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Interesting comments compared to Baltimore&#8217;s fatal hit and run which supposedly was the cyclists fault.]<br \/>\nREDWOOD CITY  \u2014 A 58-year-old woman was killed Wednesday morning after trying to squeeze past a truck making a right turn in Redwood Shores.<br \/>\nThe cyclist, Mary Yonkers of San Mateo, died at the scene. Police are looking for the truck driver, who left the scene and likely entered the freeway.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s unknown at this point if he\u2019s even aware he struck anyone,\u201d said Redwood City police Sgt. Kathryn Anderson.<br \/>\nPolice received two 911 calls at 7:51 a.m. reporting the accident at the intersection of Shoreway Road and Holly Street.<br \/>\nWitnesses said Yonkers was riding southbound on the right side of the road alongside the truck on Shoreway Road.<br \/>\nAs the vehicle, alternately described as a dump truck and a tractor-trailer with red paneling, began to turn right onto Holly Street, Yonkers attempted to squeeze past, Anderson said.<br \/>\n\u201cThe back part of the vehicle knocked her over and some part of the vehicle ran over her,\u201d Anderson said.<br \/>\nThe maneuver, while legal, was unsafe, she said.<br \/>\n\u201cIt depends on the length of the vehicle. Some have wide turning access. It\u2019s a dangerous move,\u201d she said.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/local\/Police-search-for-dump-truck-driver-after-fatal-hit-and-run-64214367.html\">https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/local\/Police-search-for-dump-truck-driver-after-fatal-hit-and-run-64214367.html<\/a><br \/>\nBaltimore&#8217;s hit and run: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimorespokes.org\/article.php?story=20090821225137960\">https:\/\/www.baltimorespokes.org\/article.php?story=20090821225137960<\/a>oldId.20091015095438160<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Interesting comments compared to Baltimore&#8217;s fatal hit and run which supposedly was the cyclists fault.] REDWOOD CITY \u2014 A 58-year-old woman was killed Wednesday morning after trying to squeeze past a truck making a right turn in Redwood Shores. The cyclist, Mary Yonkers of San Mateo, died at the scene. Police are looking for the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=151062878\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Police search for dump truck driver after fatal hit-and-run&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151062878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151062878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=151062878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151062878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=151062878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=151062878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=151062878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}