Avoid area Franklin/Geary in #SF. Fatal ax invest. Streets closed in area. MUNI being rerouted. #KPIX pic.twitter.com/YAu7CV02eS
— KPIX Assignment Desk (@KPIXDesk) June 9, 2016
A driver of a city-operated paratransit bus struck and killed a pedestrian this morning at the corner of Geary Boulevard and Franklin Street. There are partial street closures in effect nearby as officers investigate the cause of the collision, and the 38 Geary line has been rerouted around the area.
According to SFPD spokesperson Officer Wilson Ng, the call came in around 10:48 a.m. this morning. The Chronicle reports that the victim is a woman in her 50s, and that she was struck moments after exiting the bus. She reportedly died at the scene.
“She had just been let off,” SFPD's Lieutenant Steven Ford told the paper. “This is extremely unfortunate. It’s very, very sad.”
Today's death marks only the most recent incident in a string of vehicle-on-pedestrian crashes — including last Saturday's motorcycle crash that seriously injured a 9-year-old girl — that have left pedestrians either seriously injured or deceased.
Pedestrian fatally struck by bus in San Francisco at Geary Blvd. & Franklin St. pic.twitter.com/2KmyKqME3K
— KRON 4 News (@kron4news) June 9, 2016
Pedestrian hit and killed by Paratransit bus at Franklin & Geary in SF pic.twitter.com/q0L9oQc2Jz
— Evan Sernoffsky (@EvanSernoffsky) June 9, 2016
This post has been updated throughout.
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