Crime & Safety
Update: Pedestrian Fatality Snarls Traffic, Highway 92 Ramps Closed
Southbound El Camino Real is closed from Borel Ave. to 20th; ramps from both eastbound and westbound Hwy. 92 are also closed.
Update 8:15 a.m.:
A pedestrian was killed Monday morning in crash involving at least one vehicle in San Mateo on El Camino Real near state Highway 92, according to a release by the San Mateo Police Department. Police are searching for a second vehicle believed to have been involved in the crash.
El Camino Real is shut down at 20th Avenue and the California Highway Patrol has closed the off-ramps in both directions of Highway 92 due to the crash, which happened at about 6:20 this morning.
Although police have confirmed the pedestrian fatality, further information about the victim was not immediately available.
Police say that one of the involved vehicles in this incident remained on the scene. SMPD is looking for a second involved vehicle - a white Buick - last seen southbound on El Camino Real from SR92.
SMPD will provide more information via Twitter when it becomes available @SanMateoPD.
Original post 7:30 a.m.:
A crash in San Mateo on El Camino Real near state Highway 92 has snarled traffic this morning.
The crash was reported around 6:20 a.m., a fire dispatcher said.
The off-ramps in both directions of Highway 92 are closed due to the accident, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Further information about the crash was not immediately available.
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