Overview
- The pair were struck just before 6:30 p.m. in a marked crosswalk at West Tennyson Road and Baldwin Street, according to Hayward police.
- The 59-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the hospital, and the child suffered facial fractures but is expected to survive.
- Officers found the driver, a 60-year-old Hayward resident, at the scene, and investigators say he is cooperating.
- Authorities are withholding identities pending coroner confirmation and next-of-kin notification, with the boy’s name withheld because he is a juvenile.
- The investigation remains active with witness outreach, following another pedestrian fatality reported in Hayward earlier this month.