A 50-year-old woman was hospitalized after a San Diego Metropolitan Transit System bus ran over her left foot in El Cerrito on Thursday afternoon.
Police report that the incident happened on the 6000 block of University Avenue at approximately 4:54 p.m. The woman was attempting to retrieve a water bottle that had fallen into the street in front of the bus’s rear right tire when she lost her balance.
Although the bus was stopped along the south curbline, it began moving before she could be safely cleared from the roadway, and it struck her foot. The impact resulted in multiple fractures and significant soft tissue damage from the ankle downward.
The injured El Cerrito woman was transported to a local hospital in non-life-threatening condition.
The San Diego Police Department’s Traffic Division is investigating the incident.
