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San Francisco police are investigating a horrific fatal accident on a busy street at Fisherman's Wharf that resulted in the tragic death of a two-year-old boy Friday afternoon.
Kayson Shelton, who was visiting San Francisco from Draper, Utah, with five members of his family, was playing outside their hotel on Jefferson Street when the boy climbed up on a large statue of a dolphin that was standing in from of Majestic Collection Art Gallery.
BART is reporting that Pleasant Hill station is closed due to a major medical emergency, and there are delays of up to 30 minutes in both directions on the Pittsburgh-Bay Point line.
The person was reportedly hit around 10 a.m.
BART police located the person, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Trost said BART police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the collision.
Trains are single-tracking through the area but are not stopping at the Pleasant Hill station.
The male victim of a hit and run collision early Saturday morning in San Francisco’s Mission District has died from his injuries Saturday afternoon, a police spokesman said.
The victim was clinging to life at San Francisco General Hospital following a hit-and-run crash around 2:20 a.m. He succumbed to his injuries this afternoon, according to San Francisco police Officer Gordon Shyy.
The crash occurred when a driver ran a red light at the intersection of Cesar Chavez and Folsom streets, broad-siding another car, according to Shyy.
Crews recovered the body of a pilot along with his plane's fuselage Wednesday, days after the aircraft crashed into San Francisco Bay following a collision with another small plane that managed to land safely.
The Contra Costa coroner has identified the deceased pilot as 33-year-old David Everett Plumb of Sacramento.
A marine salvage company retrieved the single-engine plane in an operation that was shown live by at least two news outlets. The body of the pilot could be seen in the wreckage of the Cessna 210, which plunged into the water on Sunday.
A man walking near San Francisco's Stern Grove was critically injured when he was struck by a vehicle this morning, according to a fire official.
The man, believed to be between 20 and 30 years old, was hit around 7:35 a.m. near 20th Avenue and Wawona Street, the fire official said.
The man was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, the official said.
The driver remained at the scene, she said.
A car struck a 12-year-old boy Tuesday night when he entered a road in Pacifica between two parked cars, police said Wednesday.
The collision was reported at 9:33 p.m. in the 400 block of Monterey Road.
The boy was taken to a hospital to be treated for a leg injury that is not considered life-threatening, police said.
A preliminary investigation by police indicated that the boy entered the roadway by walking in between parked vehicles. Speed does not appear to be a factor in the collision, according to police.
A man who drove into a San Francisco Municipal Railway bus stop and seriously injured a woman in The City's Mission Terrace neighborhood Friday night was allegedly under the influence, a police spokesman said today.
Virgilio Aquino Jr., 44, of San Francisco, was arrested after allegedly driving his car into a bus stop at Mission Street and Silver Avenue around 9:35 p.m. Friday, according to a San Francisco police spokesman.
Aquino hit a 42-year-old woman, who was taken to San Francisco General Hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.
A woman was struck by a taxi in downtown San Francisco on Wednesday afternoon.
The collision was reported at 12:36 p.m. near Bush and Stockton streets, a San Francisco police spokesman Officer said.
The woman, believed to be in her 60s, was still being treated at the scene for her injuries as of shortly after 1 p.m., police said.
Fire officials said the injuries were not considered life-threatening.
No other information about the collision was immediately available from police or fire officials.
A 4-year-old boy was struck by a car in San Francisco's Richmond District Thursday morning.
Emergency responders received reports of the crash at 43rd Avenue and Fulton Street at 11:43 a.m., according to the fire department.
The boy was transported to a hospital with serious injuries.