Pedestrian, Vehicle Collision, Close Portion of Otis Drive

Update: 4:55 p.m. – Alameda police confirmed via Twitter that the female pedestrian struck by the vehicle is deceased.

In an apparent setback for a newly launched pedestrian safety awareness campaign, Alameda police this morning closed a portion of Otis Drive, between Park Street and Willow Street, in both directions, to investigate an incident.

This morning Alameda police said that at, at 4:52 a.m., a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle on Otis Drive near the Safeway Gas Station at South Shore Shopping Center. Police offered no further details and no estimate for how long the street would be closed to support the investigation.