{"id":425769,"date":"2026-08-06T21:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/425769\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T21:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:32:13","slug":"child-driving-car-strikes-woman-walking-dog-in-oaklands-laurel-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/425769\/","title":{"rendered":"Child driving car strikes woman walking dog in Oakland&#8217;s Laurel District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/t65krsby29rngt78.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland: 1 injured in Laurel District crash\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/t65krsby29rngt78.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland: 1 injured in Laurel District crash\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-50c11e5b=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">OAKLAND, Calif. &#8211; A woman is in critical condition after police said a child driving a car struck her while she was walking her dog in a marked crosswalk Thursday morning in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/alameda-county\/oakland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Oakland&#8217;s Laurel District.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The crash happened around 9:30 a.m. at the intersection of 35th and Mangels avenues. Police initially responded to a report of a vehicle striking a pedestrian.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">When officers arrived, they found an injured woman in her 30s. She was taken to a local hospital, where she remains in critical condition, according to police. The condition of her dog has not been released.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/egecuna7r3au475k.jpg\" alt=\"Surveillance video shows Laurel District crash\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/egecuna7r3au475k.jpg\" alt=\"Surveillance video shows Laurel District crash\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-50c11e5b=\"\"\/>   Children were inside vehicle <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police said there were two children, both younger than 10, inside the car. One child was driving and the other was a passenger.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Both children were taken to a local hospital and are in stable condition, police said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Authorities said the child driving the vehicle lost control and struck the woman as she was walking her dog in a marked crosswalk.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police have not said how the children gained access to the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Investigators have contacted the children&#8217;s parents, who are cooperating with the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/i97oyoxglus343ms.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland police investigate Laurel District crash\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/i97oyoxglus343ms.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland police investigate Laurel District crash\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-50c11e5b=\"\"\/>   Video and aerial footage capture aftermath <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTVU\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Aerial footage from the scene showed a heavily damaged white sedan on the sidewalk surrounded by scattered chunks of broken concrete.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Surveillance video captured the moments before the crash. The footage appears to show the woman crossing the street with her dog before a white sedan enters the frame. The actual impact is not seen.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This story was written based on information from the Oakland Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/tag\/us\/ca\/alameda-county\/oakland\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OAKLAND, Calif. &#8211; A woman is in critical condition after police said a child driving a car struck&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[389,1184,100,143,101,103,102,104,106,105,1181],"class_list":["post-425769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-alameda-county","tag-ca","tag-news","tag-oakland","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}