Witness tells me Hop On Hop Tour bus was going fast & hit person in intersection. Appears to be fatal @sfpd #abc7now pic.twitter.com/qdQerrjdLL
— Katie Utehs (@KatieUtehs) January 16, 2016
A 70-year-old man is dead after he was struck Saturday afternoon and killed by the driver of a tour bus at the intersection of Post and Divisadero Streets.
According to Bay City News, the collision was reported at 1 p.m. Saturday. ABC 7 reporter Katie Utehs was tweeting from the scene. According to witnesses to whom she spoke, a "Hop On Hop Off" tour bus "was going fast & hit person in intersection."
Utehs tweeted that an elderly man had banged on the window of the bus at Divisadero and Post "but [the] driver kept going."
BCN reports that the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
By 2:22 p.m., the intersection had been cleared and traffic had resumed in the area. As of publication time, SFPD had not returned SFist's call for further details on the collision.
Witness says elderly man banged on window of your bus @ Divisadero & Post but driver kept going. #abc7now @SFPD pic.twitter.com/UiywjiOnrZ
— Katie Utehs (@KatieUtehs) January 16, 2016
Witness says elderly man banged on window of your bus @ Divisadero & Post but driver kept going. #abc7now @SFPD pic.twitter.com/UiywjiOnrZ
— Katie Utehs (@KatieUtehs) January 16, 2016
Firefighters plan to lift the bus to remove victim. Intersection closed for a while for tour bus fatality. #abc7now https://t.co/ho9fnypMsn
— Katie Utehs (@KatieUtehs) January 16, 2016
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