.@SFPD investigating fatal hit/run on Broadway at Powell. Westbound Broadway closed at Stockton. pic.twitter.com/gHUoCruzF0
— Kale Williams (@sfkale) March 11, 2016
The San Francisco Police Department is seeking the driver of a white van today, after he or she struck and killed a pedestrian at 6 a.m. this morning.
KRON 4 reports that emergency responders were called to the intersection of Powell Street and Broadway (near the Jean Parker Elementary School) on reports of an adult male body in the road.
When they arrived, they found a deceased man in his 60s "about three yards away from the crosswalk," CBS 5 reports. Police say that at this point, it's unclear if the man was in the crosswalk when he was hit.
Police told reporters on the scene that the victim was an man who lived in the neighborhood, but at publication time he had yet to be publicly identified.
According to an SFPD spokesperson at the site of the collision, the victim was struck by the driver of a white van.
Fatal hit & run of pedestrian in #SanFrancisco at Powell & Broadway.
— Matt Keller (@MattKellerABC7) March 11, 2016
WB entrance of Broadway tunnel closed. Police looking for white Van.
.@OfficerAlbie says cops searching for white windowless van w/ front end damage in fatal hit/run on Broadway. pic.twitter.com/mGU4TwToa6
— Kale Williams (@sfkale) March 11, 2016
The Chron reports that a witness says that "a white, windowless van was driving southbound on Powell Street and making a right onto Broadway toward the Broadway Tunnel" when the driver struck the man, then fled the scene.
Police are seeking surveillance video of the crash, and are asking residents to watch for a white van with no windows and front end damage. If you see a van that matches that description, or have any other information on the collision, please call SFPD's anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444.
Fatal hit and run in #SanFrancisco - man in his 60's killed by a car. Broadway reopening now. pic.twitter.com/8RCjK2NFpH
— Anne Makovec (@AnneMakovec) March 11, 2016