A Google employee , Emily Hong , was hit and kill by a vehicle in Mountain View , California , Monday even , according to local authorities . As police put out details about the incident on Tuesday , they revealed that the fomite involved in the incident was one of Google ’s own shuttlecock buses .
Accordingto a constabulary press freeing , the incident occurred around 6:45pm Monday , at the intersection of Charleston Road and Huff Avenue , directly across from the Googleplex campus . Attempts to parcel out CPR to Hong on - scene were stillborn , police said . ab initio the cleaning woman ’s identity element was not expose by police , but reached for comment by Gizmodo , Google spokesperson Gina Scigliano provided the following assertion :
We are devastated to learn of the tragical passing of a member of our Googler family . On Monday nighttime , our co-worker Emily Hong passed away after being struck by a shuttle bus on our Mountain View campus . Emily worked in the finance system and was beloved by her workfellow — she brought an incredible twinkle to Google . She was questioning , creative , analytic , positive , generous and genial — our deepest condolences are with her family and friends .
[ Mercury News ]
Update 11/7/18 2:15pm Portions of this post have been change to reflect extra details provided Google .
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