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Oakland Amtrak Crash Injures at Least 16

Oakland Amtrak Crash Injures at Least 16

At around 10 p.m. on Wednesday, an Amtrak train traveling 15 to 20 mph collided with another train unloading passengers in Jack London Square at at Webster Street and Embarcadero. At least 18 passengers (or 16, according to HuffPo) were injured as a result of the crash. Most of the injuries were "bumps and bruises" with one girl suffering a broken arm. more ›

Colorful Infographic Details Common Cycling Injuries

Colorful Infographic Details Common Cycling Injuries

This nifty infographic (which you can click to enlarge) comes from the Christensen Law Firm ("Utah's bicycle lawyers"). It uses data from the Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute; Bicycle Safety Almanac's statistics on safety, fatalities, and injuries; bicyclinginfo.org; Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's bicycle fatality facts 2008; and the American Academy of Family Physicians Bicycle-Related Injuries sheet. more ›

Seven Injured in Taxi, Limo Collision

Seven Injured in Taxi, Limo Collision

At around 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, a taxi and limousine collided at the intersection of Jones and Sutter, causing the limo to hit a nearby light post. The bottom sleeve of the pole shattered, and the debris injured two pedestrians. more ›

Tenderloin Car Crash Hospitalizes Five

Tenderloin Car Crash Hospitalizes Five

An early morning car wreck at the intersection of Hayes and Polk sent five people to SF General. According to BCN (via SF Appeal), "Witnesses who stopped to view the wreckage that lay street said an elderly woman appeared to have broken her arm in the crash and that a young girl between 10 and 12 years old was also wounded." Yikes. [SF Appeal]. more ›

SUV Crashes Into Parked Cars In Russian Hill

SUV Crashes Into Parked Cars In Russian Hill

The driver of an adorable SUV crashed into a row of puny parked cars in the city's Russian Hill hood early this morning. According to reports, the big beauty was heading "down a steep hill on northbound Taylor Street" before rolling over and smashing into the vehicles. The mammoth vehicle finally came to a stop on Union Street. While specifics on injuries are not yet available, "[o]fficers and medical units responded" to the scene. Anybody see what went down? Sounds jarring. We'll up date with more info as it comes in to us. more ›

UPDATE: Raw Footage of Muni Train Crash

UPDATE: Raw Footage of Muni Train Crash

KTVU has some choice footage of last Saturday's Muni crash over on King Street near AT&T Park. Since major news networks inexplicably don't believe in the religion of Embedded Code, we are forced to link to it here. (Oh, and then you have to click on "RAW VIDEO: Watch Muni Surveillance Footage Shot On Trains Involved In Collision.") If some kind soul wants to upload or find us the same footage, YouTube- or Flickr Video-style, we'd be most appreciative. Forget KTVU and their pre-commercialed footage. Here it is uninterrupted! more ›

Muni Driver May Have Felt the Need, the Need for Speed

Muni Driver May Have Felt the Need, the Need for Speed

Last Saturday's T-Third meets N-Judah collision might be, according to to investigators, might have been the result of a speeding Muni driver and/or someone chatting on their cell phone. KCBS reports: more ›

Two Trains Running: Muni Lines Collide

Two Trains Running: Muni Lines Collide

An astonishing twelve passengers were sent to the hospital on Saturday after a T-Third train slammed into the back of a two-car N-Judah. The accident happened near AT&T Park on King Street between Third and Fourth streets, and none of the injuries were life-threatening. Allegedly. more ›

J-Church Accident this Afternoon

Awhile back, Greg wrote that he didn't want The N Judah Chronicles to become the "let's all talk about people getting hurt and killed blog." Alas, the injury count seems to have gone up a tick today; Muni reports: more ›

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