The victim, identified only as a Corona resident, was struck shortly before 8 a.m. at Eucalyptus and University avenues, near downtown, according to the Riverside Police Department.

Sgt. Tim Jensen said the woman was walking northbound on Eucalyptus and entered the crosswalk at University when a southbound Honda Civic initiated a left turn onto University from Eucalyptus, plowing into the victim.

The motorist, identified only as a 29-year-old Riverside man, immediately stopped, Jensen said.

Riverside Fire Department paramedics arrived within minutes and found the pedestrian with extensive injuries. She was taken to Riverside Community Hospital in critical condition, according to the sergeant.

He said the motorist was questioned but not arrested.

Anyone with information was asked to contact the Major Accident Investigation Team at 951-826-8720.

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BODEGA BAY, Calif. (AP) — Dozens of people at a popular Northern California coastal overlook watched as an SUV drove through a parking lot without braking and then plunged off a cliff into the rocks below, killing two women, investigators said Monday.

The cause of the weekend crash was still under investigation, California Highway Patrol Officer David de Rutte said. Initial witness accounts indicated that the vehicle drove through a wooden barrier in a large parking area at the Bodega Bay’s Head Trail before it went off the cliff.

“Witnesses saw the vehicle driving through the parking lot — and it just kept driving,” de Rutte said. “It didn’t stop. There was no accelerating but also no braking.”

Both women were found dead when rescuers made it down to the Toyota SUV, which had landed on its roof on the rocks about 100 feet (30 meters) below.

Authorities identified the driver as Maria Teixeira, 64, and the passenger as Elizabeth Correia, 41, both of the San Francisco Bay Area city of Dublin, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of the crash.

The Mercury News reported they were mother and daughter, both employees of public schools in the Bay Area, according to relatives and sheriff’s officials. Teixeira was lead custodian at Montevideo Elementary in nearby San Ramon, and Correia was a first-grade teacher at Lydiksen Elementary in Pleasanton.

Correia’s biography on the school’s website said she had taught in Pleasanton, where she grew up, since 2005.

“She enjoys teaching, reading, music, art, movies, Disneyland and spending time with friends and family,” the website says.

Investigators were still trying to determine if the crash was accidental or intentional, de Rutte said.

It happened Saturday as hikers and beachgoers flocked to the scenic Pacific Ocean overlook to take advantage of clear weather on the Easter holiday weekend.

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