Pedestrian Killed in Berkeley Hit-and-Run; Driver Arrested on Suspicion of DUI

A 64-year-old woman died after being struck by a car in Berkeley's Elmwood District on Tuesday evening, Nov. 3, 2026. The driver left the scene but was stopped on Interstate 80 a few hours later, according to Berkeley police.

What happened

Callers reported the crash at 6:38 p.m. at the intersection of Ashby Avenue and Regent Street. A Berkeley police spokesperson said the driver of a silver Kia Soul hit the woman while heading west on Ashby Avenue. Officers found her with serious injuries. Although the crash happened just outside Alta Bates hospital, the Berkeley Fire Department took her to Highland Hospital in Oakland, which handles more severe trauma cases. She died there.

Arrest

A witness gave officers the Kia's license plate number. Police said the city's automated license plate reader network detected the car entering Interstate 80 from Gilman Street at about 9:02 p.m. Officers pulled the driver over heading toward San Rafael, just past where I-80 and I-580 split.

Police arrested the driver, a 66-year-old Oakland man, on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter, hit-and-run, driving under the influence and several other moving violations. As of Wednesday morning, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office had not formally charged him. Jail and court records showed he was in custody at Santa Rita Jail on $380,000 bail, with arraignment scheduled for 9 a.m. Friday at the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse in Oakland.

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office Coroner's Bureau had not released the woman's identity as of Wednesday.

Status

The arrest is on suspicion only, and no charges had been filed at the time of the report. The case is ongoing.

Source: Berkeleyside report published Nov. 4, 2026, citing the Berkeley Police Department, jail and court records, and the Alameda County Sheriff's Office Coroner's Bureau (berkeleyside.org).