Single Mom Hit, Killed Walking on Sidewalk

By R. STICKNEY

Updated 12:48 PM PST, Tue, Nov 24, 2009

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A woman walking on a Poway sidewalk was struck and killed by a car.

The car was traveling along Community Road at Aubrey Street just after 7 a.m. Monday when it jumped onto the sidewalk and hit the woman.

Kristen Ann Bedard, 36, was a single mother who lived with her children in a Poway condo. Bedard died immediately according to the county's medical examiner.

The driver, 44-year old Becky Anderson was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence. Anderson was alone in the car and visibly distraught at the scene of the accident deputies said.

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Poway Woman Hit, Killed on Sidewalk

Drugs and/or alcohol were believed to be a factor in the accident, according to the medical examiner.

A news crew on the scene of the accident spotted deputies removing items from the car including a pill bottle.

First Published: Nov 23, 2009 11:44 AM PST

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Was a cell phone involved?"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"392724_71761512","adminTags":null,"views":724,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Woman Hit, Killed on Poway Sidewalk","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2821499,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"23 Nov 2009 20:34:35 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1297605","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Poway was involved. yea, that's the ticket"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"392724_71761512","adminTags":null,"views":724,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Woman Hit, Killed on Poway Sidewalk","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2821499,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"23 Nov 2009 21:54:49 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1298238","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"I walked along that EXACT spot on Community Road yesterday (Sunday) morning ... 22 hrs earlier and that could have been me. I drove past the accident cleanup this morning and saw the vehicle and the privacy tent at the site of the accident. Community is SUCH a dangerous road but living in a townhouse complex just off that street, I really don't have any option but to walk along it when taking my son to Hilleary Park. I'm wondering if anything can be done to slow down traffic on this main drag? Looks like I'm going to have to start driving the two blocks to the park. 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I also want everyone to know how important her two young teenage children were to her. They were her life and a subject she frequently and fervently discussed with those that she knew. Those two sweet kids were robbed of an amazing mother and we were robbed of an amazing friend. I just wanted everyone to know WHO she was in addition to how she died. I will miss you Kristen and even though I never said it to you, I did love you too. When you see Sara in Heaven, give her a hug for me. :( -AB"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"392724_71761512","adminTags":null,"views":724,"createdBy":18343885,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Woman Hit, Killed on Poway Sidewalk","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2821499,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"24 Nov 2009 00:37:16 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"RyanS","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1299427","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"So sad. My mother's back wall is the one the driver crashed into. She heard the car as it crashed through the wall this morning. Myself and my brothers walked up and down that street thousands of times growing up. I'm so sorry to hear that she left children behind. My thoughts are with them as they deal with the loss of their mother. 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Thank you for letting us know what she was like."},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"392724_71761512","adminTags":null,"views":724,"createdBy":18345832,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"Woman Hit, Killed on Poway Sidewalk","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2821499,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"24 Nov 2009 03:26:47 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"mmkmom3","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1300168","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"i'm so sad to hear about this. Kristy was a great person and a ever greater mother. she would do anything and everything for her children and the people she knew. she will be truly missed. and for the lady that hit her i hope you know what you just did to a great lady, her family and her friends. you should be locked up fr life. ps: the lady that hit kristy was on 3 different kinds of drugs and she wasnt on her phone she was picking something off her floor of her car and not looking at the road. and now because of that kristy is gone. R.I.P. Kristy...say hi to my grandpa for me. 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Kristen will be missed badly and it is very sad that her children will have to grow up without her. Thank God Kristen has such awsom and close family for her little ones. Kristen You will truely be missed, but you are now with god. Rest in peace little one. JB Portland OR."}],"error":"","totPages":2}

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