Pedestrian killed in suspected hit-and-run in Castro Valley

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10/01/2026 01:25 PM

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Castro Valley, CA

Pedestrian killed in suspected hit-and-run in Castro Valley

A pedestrian was found down near Somerset and Anita in Castro Valley and later pronounced dead. CHP treated it as a suspected hit-and-run collision and requested the coroner.

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Incident Timeline

around 1:25-1:29 p.m. local time on Thursday, Oct. 1

Pedestrian entered the Somerset crosswalk before impact

Authorities later said the incident began when an adult man was crossing Somerset Avenue at Anita in a marked crosswalk with the pedestrian signal activated. Investigators said he was struck by a vehicle in the roadway and the driver left the scene.
1:25 p.m.

Caller reports an unconscious man down at Somerset and Anita

The first radio traffic described a pedestrian-down call at Somerset Avenue and Anita Avenue. Dispatch said an unknown man was lying face down in mud, breathing but unconscious, before responders fully understood it as a vehicle collision.

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California Highway Patrol - Alameda County

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2530, Golden Gate pedestrian down, Somerset Avenue and Anita Avenue.

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2530, there's an unknown male laying face down in a puddle of mud, breathing but unconscious.

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Somerset Avenue and Anita Avenue.
1:32 p.m.

EMS is sent code 3 as responders recognize a crash

As the situation clarified, Alameda County fire and EMS dispatched a Castro Valley medic unit code 3 to Somerset and Anita for an auto accident. News reports place the scene in a residential area near a school, with CHP and sheriff's deputies responding.

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Alameda CA EMS Dispatch Group Calls

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Alco copies 9224 .

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Castro Valley response medic 337 code three for an auto cut.

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Somerset and Anita dispatch two.
1:36 p.m.

CHP upgrades the case to a possible hit-and-run

Radio traffic then upgraded the incident to a possible Vehicle Code 20001 hit-and-run. Dispatch relayed that the victim, described over the air as a man in his 50s, was in CPR, and additional CHP units were sent while the office was notified.

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California Highway Patrol - Alameda County

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2520 . Golden Gate information.

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2530,

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the SO's landline.

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They advise it's possibly a 20001.

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A 50 year old male is in CPR.

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They have CPR in progress for him.

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Can you notify the office, please? 2530.

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30, swing is en route.

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25-580 swing, I'll be en route.

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Uh, 2001.
1:41 p.m.

Bystanders try to save the victim, but he dies at the scene

Neighbors later said several people stopped to help, including a nurse who performed CPR. Dispatch then advised over the radio that the victim was deceased, and a CHP unit reported arriving on scene; one transmission referenced Somerset and Newry, but news reporting consistently places the fatal collision at Somerset and Anita.

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California Highway Patrol - Alameda County

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Somerset. Uh, just been advised of parties 1144.

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Intersection of Somerset and Newry advised parties 1144 .

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Twenty 05:30 , I am 1097 .

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Twenty 05:30 to 97 .
1:46 p.m.

Coroner is requested as the fatal investigation begins

After the death was confirmed, CHP asked dispatch to contact the coroner's office for the Somerset pedestrian collision. Investigators continued treating the case as a fatal hit-and-run and sought witnesses and information about the fleeing vehicle.

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California Highway Patrol - Alameda County

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2530. 2530.

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2530, can you give a 10-39 to the coroner's office, please?

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And they need my cell phone over there.

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2530, can you contact the coroner's office, please?

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2530, copy.

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Contact the coroner's office.
later Thursday afternoon

Investigators identify a possible vehicle and driver

Later that day, CHP said investigators had identified a possible vehicle and driver connected to the crash. Authorities also reported locating video and interviewing the potential driver as they worked to determine exactly what happened.
later that day

Driver is arrested in the fatal hit-and-run case

Follow-up reporting said officers tracked the suspected vehicle to a residence and arrested the driver on suspicion of felony hit-and-run resulting in death. One report described the vehicle as a white Chevrolet Tahoe and said the victim died despite lifesaving efforts at the scene.