{"id":456939,"date":"2026-09-08T05:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T05:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456939\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T05:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T05:58:11","slug":"pedestrian-struck-on-olive-avenue-in-fresnos-tower-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456939\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian struck on Olive Avenue in Fresno\u2019s Tower District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_5923.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle on Olive Avenue, near Palm Avenue in Fresno, California on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026.\" alt=\"A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle on Olive Avenue, near Palm Avenue in Fresno, California on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle on Olive Avenue, near Palm Avenue in Fresno, California on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>                ANTHONY GALAVIZ<\/p>\n<p>            agalaviz@fresnobee.com<\/p>\n<p>A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in Fresno\u2019s Tower District on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened at 7:15 p.m. on Olive Avenue, near Palm Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fresno Police Lt. Alfonso Castillo, a vehicle traveling westbound on Olive was moving at the speed limit when a man walked in front of it. The pedestrian sustained significant injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The pedestrian was taken to the hospital in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>The driver remained on scene and cooperated with officers.<\/p>\n<p>Alcohol or drugs do not appear to be a factor in the crash, Castillo said.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788847091_495_Anthony Galaviz headshot.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Anthony Galaviz\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/218450935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Galaviz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Anthony Galaviz writes about breaking news\/sports for The Fresno Bee. He covers the Las Vegas Raiders, high schools, boxing, MMA and junior colleges. He\u2019s been with The Bee since 1997 and attended Fresno City College before graduating from Fresno State with a major in journalism and a minor in criminology.\u00a0<br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/fresnobee.com\/subscribe&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;&#009;\" style=\"color: #5169B8; text-transform: none;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Support my work with a digital subscription<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle on Olive Avenue, near Palm Avenue in Fresno, California on Monday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456940,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-456939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456939","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=456939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}