Emeryville Mayor Hit and Killed a Pedestrian with His SUV Last Night

by yikes

Fri, Dec 7, 2007 2:58PM

Another non-motorized victim of an oversized vehicle.

Emeryville Mayor Hits, Kills Pedestrian

Emeryville Mayor Ken Bukowski struck and killed a pedestrian Thursday evening, NBC11 reported. Emeryville police told NBC11 the incident happened around 9 p.m. on the 5300 block of Hollis Street.

Bukowski was driving a sport utility vehicle northbound on Hollis when his vehicle hit the unidentified man.

Police said the preliminary investigation indicated that the pedestrian was crossing the street when he was struck.

The victim was transported to Highland Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

It is not clear whether the mayor will face any charges.

more here: http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_7663052 and http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22151600

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§mayor was leaving a meeting less than a block away; musta been leaving in big hurry

by 4 wheels bad

Fri, Dec 7, 2007 3:13PM

mayor was leaving a meeting at Novartis Pharmaceuticals and then killed a Novartis Pharmaceuticals security guard

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§Mayor is huge cycle advocate

by cp

Fri, Dec 7, 2007 8:16PM

Ken Bukowski is one of the biggest bicycle advocates in the east bay, seriously. I'm on a bicycle coalition email list and he posts a lot there. I'm surprised he owns a car, given what his viewpoints generally are. We could easily guess that he bicycles 75% of the time.

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