Traffic Accidents

Another Pedestrian Critically Hurt in Hit-And-Run Accident

A 50-year-old woman is suffering major brain and head injuries after a driver hit her in the city's Anza Vista neighborhood, then drove off, leaving the victim behind. Officer Gordon Shyy says the hit-and-run occurred at about 6:05 p.m. on Friday evening at the corner of Turk and Lyon streets. The ... More >>

Health Officials Launch New Program That Will Hopefully Save More Pedestrians' Lives

In light of the recent holiday accidents, San Francisco health officials are teaming up with the cops, the mayor, and pretty much everyone else who's frustrated by bad drivers to provide targeted traffic enforcement in areas where elderly and youth pedestrians are most at risk. The Department of P ... More >>

Muni Crash on Market Wasn't Actually a Hit and Run, Officials Say

Earlier today, we read an amusing report about a Muni-on-Muni hit-and-run accident, where the bus driver purportedly crashed into a trolley car and fled the scene. If it seems a little hard to believe that a Muni driver would do this without getting caught, that's because it is. Muni officials confi ... More >>

Allegedly Drunk Driver Kills Pedestrian, Streets Closed

A San Francisco man was fatally hit by a truck as he darted across Cesar Chavez Street early this morning. The accident shut down local streets for several hours, according to police. The victim -- who has not yet been identified -- had been walking about 12:30 a.m. when he ran across the road in fr ... More >>

R.I.P. Matthew Africa, Beloved Oakland Hip-Hop DJ

We're just getting word via Facebook and other sources that beloved local hip-hop DJ Matthew Africa passed away this Monday in a car accident. He was 40. His sister, Julia Africa, posted the following on Facebook: My brother, Matthew Africa, was killed in a car accident on Monday afternoon. He and ... More >>

Woman Clinging to Life After Hitting Light Pole

A 25-year-old woman is in the hospital today with serious head injuries after she crashed into a light pole yesterday morning in the Inner Sunset. According to police, the woman, who has not been identified, was driving along 19th Avenue and Lawton at 8:23 a.m. when she crashed into a light pole for ... More >>

Sahil Cooner, S.F. Man, Killed in Motorcycle Accident on Peninsula

South Bay authorities have identified the man who was killed in a motorcycle accident on Friday as 28-year-old Sahil Cooner of San Francisco. News reports say Cooner was riding west on Woodside Road in San Mateo County at about 1:30 p.m. when he reportedly hit a vehicle that was pulling out of the M ... More >>

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Daniel Lara, Teen Suspected of DUI, Crashes Car, Kills Passenger

An 18-year-old man was hauled to jail this weekend after he allegedly got drunk and crashed his car, killing another teen in the city's Bayview neighborhood Friday night.Sgt. Michael Andraychak tells us that Daniel Lara, 18, and Eduardo Perez, 19, both San Francisco residents, were driving late Frid ... More >>

Really Bad Driver Hits Woman, Then Building, Then Other Cars

A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of being a really horrible driver after he treated the Richmond District like his own personal video game, hitting everything in sight. Officer Gordan Shyy tells us the man was driving his 2005 Ford near Fourth Avenue and Geary Boulevard last night when he ... More >>

Sena Putra Identified as Pedestrian Killed in SOMA

The Medical Examiner has identified the man who was run over by a large truck yesterday afternoon in the city's SOMA neighborhood as 47-year-old Sena Putra of Oakland. Putra was walking at 13th and Folsom streets just before 1 p.m. when a truck traveling east on Folsom made a right onto 13th Street ... More >>

Police Seek Public's Help in Hit-and-Run Accident

Yesterday, we informed readers about the tragic hit-and-run accident in North Beach that left a 62-year-old man clinging to life. Police are offering up a little more information about the vehicle that was seen fleeing the scene, hoping people will help them find the person responsible.Sgt. Michael ... More >>

Driver Allegedly Filmed in Hit-and-Run Accident Arrested

The driver who allegedly ran two cyclists off the road in Berkeley last week was was arrested at the Jack London Inn in Oakland on Friday afternoon. According to press reports, Michael Patrick Medaglia, 43, was arrested after OPD found his black Acura Integra involved in the accident in Oakland's Gl ... More >>

Another Pedestrian Hit in San Francisco

A 41-year-old woman remains in critical condition this morning after she was hit by a car as she stepped into the street in the city's Mission District last night. According to police, the woman was on the 5000 block of Mission Street when the car, turning left onto Mission, hit her. She was reporte ... More >>

This Armored Car Crash Only Looked Like a Heist

When a Garda armored car crashed into a black Ford F-450 parked in front of the Trader Joe's on Bay Street and Mason Street earlier this afternoon, the scene only looked like something out of some crime movie. A witness at the scene told SF Weekly that the cab of the armored car got too close t ... More >>

Pedestrian in Critical Condition After Being Hit by Cyclist

​Update (10:13 a.m.): Police say the cyclist who hit an elderly man in the Castro this morning might have run a red light. Police are investigating separate accidents where two pedestrians were hit -- one by a cyclist and another who was possibly struck by a Muni bus in a hit-and-run.Firefighters ... More >>

Konstantin Perinsky Identified as Man Killed in Hit-And-Run

​Medical authorities have identified the 65-year-old man who was killed in a hit-and-run accident in the Financial District this weekend as Konstantin Perinsky. Police were called to the corner of Battery and California at about 3:30 a.m. on Saturday, where they found Perinsky dead. Witnesses told ... More >>

Woman Critically Hurt in Hit-and-Run Accident

​(Update 12:54 p.m.) Police say they arrested Craig Sheppard in connection with the hit-and-run last night. He was charged with felony hit-and-run and failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.(Original story 9:30 a.m.) A 47-year-old woman is in the hospital this morning with life-threatenin ... More >>

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DJ Toph One: Benefits to be Held for Cyclist Hurt in Hit-and-Run

​While San Francisco's Christopher Evans, better known as DJ Toph One, remains in the intensive care unit with a broken pelvis, the community has already come to his side, arranging benefits to help the popular DJ who was hit by a car over the weekend. Friends have created a Facebook page, where ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Makes for Sober, Safer Drivers, Study Says

​While medical marijuana advocates will politely ask them to stop talking whenever the subject arises, there are many cannabis users who will claim that the task of operating a motor vehicle is safer when the driver is a bit stoned. Turns out that researchers crunching traffic data from 13 states ... More >>

Major Traffic Accident Closes Geary Boulevard, Pedestrian Critically Hurt

Bad accident ... be careful out there​Police are advising motorists that Geary Boulevard near 10th Avenue is closed after a car hit a pedestrian this morning. There was very little information at publication time, but according to Officer Albie Esparza, the driver hit the pedestrian, a 70-year-old ... More >>

Manuel Tomaneng Identified as Man Killed by Muni Bus

Man hit by bus ​Medical authorities identified the man who was hit by a Muni bus yesterday afternoon as 71-year-old Manuel Tomaneng. Tomaneng was reportedly on his way to work at about 12:19 p.m. when he crossed in front of the 14-L bus as it was pulling away from the bus zone at Fifth and Mission ... More >>

Driver Crashes While "Fooling Around " with Girlfriend

.... And they will probably still blame the bad driving on the woman​Here's an unfortunate incident of being forced to kiss and tell.California Highway Patrol officers were called to the scene of a car accident on Highway 101 in the North Bay at about 11:45 p.m. Friday where a male driver crashed ... More >>

Seven Injured in Shuttle Bus Collision

extranoise via FlickrSeven injured​A vehicle crashed into a shuttle bus carrying 14 elderly passengers Thursday night near Parkmerced, injuring seven and leaving one in critical condition. Around 9:16 p.m., the shuttle stalled on Junipero Serra Boulevard near Brotherhood Way and was rear-ended by ... More >>

Cops Crack Down on Cyclists

Don't worry, son. I have handbrakes. ​The hefty cop with the handlebar mustache had a problem with a handlebar of a different sort. "Look," he yelled at the despondent fixie-riding hipster he'd just flagged down, "do you have brakes on this thing or not?" This didn't happen just once. At least one ... More >>

Nancy Ho, Cyclist Hit in SOMA Yesterday, Dies

Cyclist dies​The cyclist who was hit by a truck yesterday morning as she rode along Mission and Fremont streets died last night. Medical authorities identified the victim as 25-year-old Nancy Ho, a San Francisco resident. Ho was hit yesterday at about 8:04 a.m. when she made an illegal left-hand t ... More >>

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Big Rig Sought in Lethal Hit-and-Run

'You feel it' says an expert regarding items bumping a big rig's trailer​While authorities seek a big rig involved in a hit-and-run traffic accident that left a man dead in Albany, a trucking expert contacted by SF Weekly said it's doubtful the trucker doesn't realize he struck another vehicle. Wi ... More >>

Traffic Accident Leaves Two Young Men Dead

Young drivers had a fatal encounter with a utility pole this morning​A pair of young men are dead and two more young people were hospitalized following an early morning traffic accident. At 12:43 a.m. a Suzuki sedan traveling west on Ocean Avenue near Junipero Serra, for reasons yet to be determin ... More >>

Benjamin Powell, Jonathan Johnson Killed in Ingleside Crash

​The San Francisco Medical Examiner's office has identified the two men killed in an Ingleside car crash this morning as Hayward resident Benjamin Powell and Castro Valley resident Jonathan Johnson. Both were 18 years old.The car carrying Powell and Johnson apparently crashed into a utility pole o ... More >>

Cainan Schierholtz, Charged in Alleged DUI Rampage, 'Feels Terrible'

​Cainan Schierholtz is charged with speeding drunkenly through the sleepy streets of Danville at the usually sober hour of 10 a.m. on Sunday. He allegedly struck a bicyclist, a pedestrian, two other vehicles, and finally came to rest against a pole not far from his alma mater, San Ramon Valley Hig ... More >>

Nightmare Scenario As Taxi Brakes Fail, Passenger Dies in Fiery Crash

www.ktvu.comOne dead in fiery crash​A female taxi passenger is dead after the brakes on her cab failed and the vehicle slammed into a concrete highway support at 40 miles per hour this morning, according to the California Highway Patrol (our friends at SFist had the scoop as well as some pictures ... More >>

Don't Rear-End a Cop While Drunk, and Other Lessons From the Police Report

Friends don't let wanted friends go to jail because of unnecessary seatbelt violations.​1. Buckle up, especially while being driven around by a wanted man -- for his sake. On Tuesday near McAllister and Larkin streets, two officers were patrolling when they saw a passenger in a car wearing no se ... More >>

Willie Speights, 60, Killed Hobbling on Crutches Up 101 Off-Ramp

Jim HerdState Troopers on the scene yesterday following the death of Willie Speights ​Willie Speights, a 60-year-old San Franciscan, was the man on crutches who was struck and killed by an exiting car as he wandered onto a highway off-ramp near Cesar Chavez, according to the city's Medical Examine ... More >>

Gary Senn, 58, Was Man Killed on Tracks at Castro Station

Justin Berton/SFGateGary Senn, 58, was struck and killed by a Muni train yesterday afternoon at Castro Station​The Medical Examiner informed the family of 58-year-old Gary Senn less than five minutes ago that he was the man struck and killed yesterday by a Muni train at Castro Station. Senn's deat ... More >>

Policeman, Struck By Car in North Beach, Released From Hospital

​A San Francisco police officer hit by a car last night in North Beach has been released from the hospital after suffering bruises and abrasions, and sent home, the SFPD told us moments ago.The name of the officer has not been released -- but, then again, noted police spokesman Sergeant Wilfred Wi ... More >>

Accused Arsonist's Lawyer Peeved at Cops Repeatedly Tying His Client to S.F. Car Fires

​Yesterday we reported that San Francisco Police arson Inspector Jeffrey Levin still considers 62-year-old homeless woman Fafa Chan to be the prime suspect in this summer's string of car fires. "I'm convinced that she did [it]," he told SF Weekly. In the meantime, as we've pointed out before, pinn ... More >>

Cops: S.F., East Bay Car Fires are Not Connected -- and 62-Year-Old Homeless Woman Is *Still* Prime Suspect in City Blazes

www.lcpstc.org​Other than disturbingly large swaths of the population of France, not so many people get a kick out of immolating cars. So when automobiles started going up like foreclosed factories in the East Bay, a natural thought was, "I wonder if this has something to do with all those car fir ... More >>

Police: Weekend's Flaming Car Had Nothing to Do With Other Flaming Cars

www.lcpstc.orgWait! This time there was a logical reason for a car to be found on fire.​San Francisco cops arriving at the scene of a blazing automobile must now ask themselves a modified version of the most famous of Passover queries: "How is this burning vehicle different from all other burning ... More >>

If the Shoe Fits: Cops Match Crime Scene Bloody Footwear to Shoeless Limping Man

J'accuse!In a case that comes close to the hypothetical situation of tracking a bleeding elephant in the snow, San Francisco Police have arrested an early contender for "Worst Getaway Attempt" of 2009. Responding Wednesday to a hit-and-run call in the Outer Sunset involving a car bowling over a barr ... More >>

Mistah F.A.B. Survives Car Crash

EKAphotographyMistah F.A.B.Our thoughts and prayers go out to Oakland rapper Mistah F.A.B., who was involved in an automobile accident early Friday morning. According to a press release, F.A.B., his manager Stetch, and DJ Tito Bell were driving down to L.A. when their car hit a patch of wet road, hy ... More >>

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