Overview
- A pedestrian was struck near Middlefield Road and Beech Street and later died after the crash that occurred on Sunday, May 24, leaving the family mourning and seeking answers.
- Detectives recovered surveillance video that captured the collision and identified the suspect vehicle as a late‑model white Toyota Tundra.
- Police used automated license‑plate reader (ALPR) data to match vehicles in the area and traced the truck to a single local address, where officers seized the vehicle on May 25 as evidence.
- The truck’s registered owner, 52‑year‑old Francisco Gallardo Alvarez of Redwood City, went to the police department and was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and felony hit‑and‑run; he was booked into the San Mateo County Maguire Correctional Facility.
- The investigation remains active, police are asking the public for tips and family members and safety advocates are pressing the city for traffic‑calming measures at the crash site while some reporting details, including the exact crash time and public release of the victim’s name, remain inconsistent.