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Belmont Police Blame Cyclist for Getting in the Way of Driver’s Left Turn
When a 90-year-old driver turned left into the path of a man bicycling on Ralston Avenue, the Belmont Police Department blamed the victim for talking on a cell phone and not wearing a helmet. The department also warned people on bikes against "carrying packages and bags" in its press release.
April 23, 2015
Abisai May Dzul, 24, Victim of the “Alemany Maze” Highway Tangle
Abisai May Dzul, 24, was killed while walking on an off-ramp in the “Alemany Maze," the forbidding tangle of freeway ramps where Highways 101 and 280 intersect in the southeast city. The crash occurred on Sunday at about 9 p.m., according to media reports.
April 22, 2015
Taxi Driver Kills High School Senior Seana Canavan at Pine and Larkin
Seana Canavan, who would have turned 18 today, was killed by a taxi driver at Pine and Larkin Streets Saturday night at 10:28 p.m., the SF Chronicle reported.
April 20, 2015
Hit-and-Run Driver Arrested After Injuring Cyclist at Cesar Chavez & Valencia
The SFPD arrested a driver who hit a man on a bike and fled at Cesar Chavez and Valencia Streets yesterday at around 6:44 p.m. The victim is reportedly in stable condition and suffered a shoulder injury.
April 17, 2015
SFPD Finds Owner of Car in Wiggle Hit-and-Run That Injured 3 Cyclists
SFPD has located the owner of the Jeep Cherokee that was driven in a hit-and-run crash that injured three bike commuters on the Wiggle late Thursday afternoon, though police don't believe the owner was driving at the time.
April 6, 2015
SFPD Explains: Driver Won’t Be Charged for Killing Cyclist at 14th & Folsom
Three witnesses told SFPD investigators that Charles Vinson, 66, biked through a red light when he was killed by a driver at 14th and Folsom Streets on March 2, according to police officials.
March 27, 2015
SFPD Sends 86-Year-Old Driver On Her Way After She Injures Mom and Child
An 86-year-old driver hit a 45-year-old mother and her 5-year-old daughter in a crosswalk yesterday at 20th Avenue and Buckingham Way, outside the Stonestown Galleria mall. According to KTVU, the driver was taken away in an ambulance "for an undisclosed ailment" but was soon returned to her SUV to drive home. The police said "they didn't need to impound the vehicle because they have the evidence they need to investigate."
March 19, 2015
Driver Kills Cyclist Charles Vinson, 66, at 14th and Folsom
Update: SFPD issued a response below.
March 3, 2015
Mom and Toddler on Bike Injured By SUV Driver at Geary and 7th
An SUV driver reportedly ran a red light and crashed into a mother and her toddler on a bike at Geary Boulevard and 7th Avenue in the Inner Richmond at about 4 p.m. on Friday. The driver was reportedy headed westbound on Geary as the mother cycled southbound on 7th.
February 23, 2015
Eyes on the Street: Another Driver Jumps the Curb in the Tenderloin
No sidewalk is safe.
January 20, 2015