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Sunday, March 2, 2014

Police have reopened Osgood Road in Fremont after a suspected drunken driving crash left a 4-year-old girl in critical condition this morning, a police sergeant said.

The crash involving a Honda Civic and Toyota Camry was reported on Osgood Road between Blacow Road and Auto Mall Parkway around 12:15 a.m., a police Sgt. said.

A 33-year-old woman of Fremont was driving a silver Civic south on Osgood Road when she veered onto northbound lanes and slammed head on into a silver Camry, police said.

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

A woman was struck by a truck in San Francisco's Pacific Heights neighborhood Thursday afternoon, a fire department spokeswoman said.

The collision was reported at 3:11 p.m. at California and Fillmore streets, a fire spokeswoman said.

The pedestrian was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, Talmadge said. She did not immediately have information on the woman's condition.

San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency officials posted on Twitter that the incident was causing delays on Muni's 3-Jackson and 22-Fillmore bus lines.

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

A 15-year-old boy was hit by a car Wednesday in a crosswalk at the same Sunset Boulevard intersection where an elderly man was killed crossing the street just two weeks ago.

The boy suffered head trauma and lower body injuries when he was hit crossing the street at Sunset Boulevard and Yorba Street around 6:17 p.m., authorities said. He is expected to survive. The driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with police.

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Two workers were seriously injured after falling from scaffolding at a skyscraper under construction in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood Thursday afternoon, a fire department spokeswoman said. The incident was reported at about 2:20 p.m. at 350 Mission St., according to the fire chief's office. The two workers were installing scaffolding at the site when it collapsed, sending one worker falling 40 feet and another worker falling about 30 feet, fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said. They were both taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, Talmadge said.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

A motorcyclist died following a crash in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on Tuesday evening.

The crash was reported at 5:14 p.m. on John F. Kennedy Drive near Spreckels Lake.

The 32-year-old victim was riding his motorcycle east on John F. Kennedy Drive when he struck a curb then hit a parked car, according to police.

He was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he died about two hours later, police said.

The man’s name has not yet been released by the medical examiner’s office.

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Friday, February 14, 2014

A man who died in a motorcycle crash in San Francisco early Saturday morning was a well-known local business owner.

Josh Epple, 42, and his brother are owners of Drewes Meats on Church Street in San Francisco's Noe Valley.

Epple died early Saturday morning after losing control of his motorcycle and falling from an elevated portion of Highway 101 near 10th street.

Epple took over Drewes Meats in 1998.

The business started 125 years ago and is thought to be the oldest operating butcher shop in California.

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Friday, February 14, 2014

A person was struck and killed by a Muni train at the Powell station in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon, according to a fire lieutenant.

The collision was reported around 2:40 p.m. at the Powell Muni station, a San Francisco Fire Lt. said. Emergency responders' arrived at the station to find a person on the train tracks who had been struck by an outbound train, he said.

The person, later identified as Michael Mendez, 55, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

The driver involved in a fatal crash that killed a pedestrian early Wednesday morning in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood has been arrested.

San Francisco police said the collision occurred in the area of Pacific and Van Ness avenues about 12:55 a.m. Upon arriving at the scene, officers found a person on the roadway.

A San Francisco police spokesman said the pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Monday, February 10, 2014

San Francisco police chased an SUV wanted in connection with a Bayview district shooting down Highway 101 on Tuesday night, arresting the driver after a crash near the San Francisco International Airport, authorities said.

A search was still in progress late Tuesday for several occupants who fled from the SUV after the crash, including the shooting suspect, police said.

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Friday, February 7, 2014

A 25-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle at Holloway Street and Junipero Serra Boulevard near the San Francisco State University campus Saturday night. She was taken to San Francisco General Hospital with non-life-threatening head injuries.

The collision, which took place at about 5:45 p.m., is still under investigation. Police said that no other details are available.