A Stanford foreign student from Pakistan was struck and killed by a car while riding an electric bike on campus near Palm Drive and Arboretum Road, just west of Stanford Stadium, according to Stanford.
Sophomore Aradshar “Chad” Chaddar, 21, was hit by a Honda Accord at 2:57 a.m. on Saturday, according to the CHP. The Accord’s driver remained at the accident scene and waited for authorities. Drugs and alcohol are not involved.
Chaddar was born in Maryland and came to Stanford in the fall of 2023 from Pakistan, according to a campus-wide email from Michele Rasmussen, vice provost for student affairs.
Chaddar was a member of Alpha Kappa Psi and the Pre-Law Society, she said. He was president of the Stanford Democrats.
On his Instagram page, he said he was from the small village of Mano Chak in rural Punjab, Pakistan. He described himself as an avid mountaineer, interested in theater, romanticist paintings and “fascinated by the art of statesmanship overall.”
Very sad news.
Stanford acquiesced to all of the bicycling activists demands years ago, and this still happened. I don’t get it. When the Bicycle Coalition tells you how to redesign your streets, and then you do it, there should be no more car-bike accidents, certainly not fatals. Stanford did everything right, according to these activists. Maybe the activists are wrong?
Maybe we should way until there is a determination of fault, before we start pointing fingers.
Regardless of where the fault is directed. It is extremely important to educate kids that when you are on a bicycle you have everything to lose. The bicycle coalition only cares about hating cars and doesn’t focus on defensive driving one bit at all. Just this morning I say a dad with two toddlers on his bicycle run a stop sign on Sanchez street while I was waiting on the cross street at a full halt waiting to proceed. He didn’t even care to raise his arm or make eye contact. I ride a bicycle. I don’t assume a car will see me. I make sure they see me. Very very sad story !
Students often seem unaware when riding their bikes—far more than half the time. It’s highly likely he wasn’t wearing a helmet, had no bike light, and lacked any reflective gear… Out riding at 3 a.m. without any of the mentioned? That says it all.
A young man, who from the description sounds to be an amazing human being with so much promise in his whole life ahead of him dies, and you only see fit to criticize that he was out at 3 AM without all the right gear? All I can say is WOW!!!! I read this to mean that Polarization is more entertaining than empathy!