May was making his way through a crosswalk on a green light at about 11:45 a.m. when the left-turning driver ran him over. May suffered life-threatening injuries, including brain injuries and brain stem damage, "the full extent of which is not yet fully known," according to the fundraiser page. He also suffered a number of broken bones -- his jaw, chin, fractured clavicle, femur, and several ribs, in addition to a "bruised/collapsed lung" and a ruptured spleen.
Although police took the driver in for questioning, according to media reports, there was no word on whether he received a citation or could be charged.
As neighbors told reporters after the crash, Fulton, a four-lane thoroughfare, serves as a speedway for drivers along the border of Golden Gate Park in the Richmond. May was run over at a park entrance, close to a day care center.
May's bike after the crash. Image: KTVUMay's bike after the crash. Image: KTVU
Rob Weir, a neighbor of the intersection, told KTVU after the crash, "We have always said it's going to take somebody getting seriously hurt, probably a pedestrian, for something to happen. And that, to me, is too late already."
Exactly one month earlier, a five-year-old boy and his babysitter were hospitalized after being struck by a driver just six blocks away, at Fulton and 37th. SFPD reportedly issued that driver a citation for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.
The fundraiser, organized by Creative Arts Charter School, has raised $71,660 as of today.
Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.