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Pair of serious accidents occur in Sunnyvale limits
By Daniel Hindin
Two serious collisions involving pedestrians and occurred in the past couple of weeks in Sunnyvale.
The first one, involving an 8-year-old Sunnyvale boy, happened on March 13 at approximately 6:11 p.m. on the 800 block of Shirley Avenue. According to Capt. Chuck Eaneff, the unnamed boy "went out into the street at mid-block and essentially ran into a passing car."
Eaneff reported the driver was not in violation of any traffic laws and received no citation.
"The driver was really shaken up, obviously," Eaneff said.
The boy was immediately transported to Stanford Hospital where he remained for at least a week with serious injuries. The driver wasn't hurt.
"We can really use this moment to highlight that children need to cross at the crosswalks and appreciate drivers," Eaneff said.
The second accident involved an unnamed 24 year-old Sunnyvale man and a pick up truck carrying lumber.
At approximately 3:30 p.m. on March 19, the man was heading eastbound on Evelyn Avenue on his bicycle.
According to Eaneff, as he approached the intersection at Fair Oaks Avenue "it appears in the initial investigation that the bicyclist blew the red light and essentially biked into the side of the southbound truck. There's some preliminary indication that the cyclist may have been under the influence."
According to Eaneff, traffic was moving freely on the 35-mph street, and the driver had no opportunity to brake, slow or avoid the collision in any way.
"The bike hit the front right corner panel of the truck and then hit the windshield and the upper portion of the truck and was plowed forward and landed in the street," Eaneff said,
According to Eaneff, an unidentified pedestrian witness approached the cyclist lying motionless on the ground. The female witness found that the cyclist had no pulse. Fortunately for the injured man, the witness was trained in CPR and began administering it immediately. By the time paramedics arrived on the scene, the man had regained his pulse.
"If the biker does make it," says Eaneff, "he owes his life to this woman."
The cyclist remained hospitalized with severe head injuries, according to Eaneff. The driver wasn't hurt.
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