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Saturday, March 1, 2014
A 14-year-old girl may have been trying to retrieve her cellphone when she was fatally struck by a freight train traveling through Martinez Sunday evening. Jenna Betti, an 8th grader at nearby Martinez Junior High School, was pronounced deceased near the railroad tracks after emergency crews received a report that a female had been struck by a train near Old Orchard and Howe roads at about 5 p.m., police said. The freight train’s conductor told authorities that two people got off the tracks as the train approached but that for some reason, the girl stepped back on the tracks.
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Thursday, February 27, 2014
The driver of a stolen pickup was killed after crashing into power poles in Pittsburg on Thursday night and knocking out power to nearly 1,200 PG&E customers in the surrounding area, police and utility officials said. Around 11:40 p.m., residents in the 600 block of Rockspray Circle heard a vehicle starting outside their home and looked outside to see someone driving off in their truck, police said. Police said the residents tried to follow the driver in another car, but stopped after he began speeding at about 70 miles per hour on West 10th Street.
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Sunday, February 23, 2014
A veteran Berkeley firefighter-paramedic died when he crashed while riding a tractor off-duty near Martinez, authorities said Monday. Anthony "Tony" Nunes, 54, of Martinez was riding a tractor on family property near Bear Creek Road and Alhambra Valley Road when the vehicle went over an embankment off a fire trail, rolled 200 feet and pinned him, said Capt. Robert Marshall of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District. Nunes died at the scene.
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
A man was arrested for driving under the influence after crashing into a car and light pole and fleeing the scene in Antioch on Friday night. Police said around 7:15 p.m., a 48-year-old man was driving near the intersection of A and West Third streets when he crossed into the opposite lane of traffic and struck a car. After the crash the man kept driving, only coming to a stop after he hit a light pole and his car became disabled, police said. Police said he then exited the car and ran.
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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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Saturday, February 15, 2014
San Jose police on Sunday were investigating a hit-and-run collision near an apartment complex that left a pedestrian dead. The incident happened around 3 p.m. near The Woods Drive and Snell Avenue in south San Jose. When police arrived at the scene, they found a man lying on the ground, bleeding. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The coroner's office has not yet released the victim's name.
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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.