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Sunday, December 29, 2013
A high-speed chase through some of the busiest streets of San Francisco ended in a crash, and the suspect was taken into custody. It started when police stopped the suspect in the Bayview District. Police said the suspect was acting suspiciously as though in possession of a weapon or contraband, and took off. Officers pursued the suspect on a high-speed chase through the Bayview, Taravel and Ingleside neighborhoods. At one point the suspect rammed a vehicle and almost hit a patrol car. Shots were fired, hitting the car but missing the suspect.
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Saturday, December 28, 2013

A vehicle in San Francisco’s South of Market district fatally struck a pedestrian early Sunday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.

At about 2:35 a.m. the CHP received a report of a pedestrian who had been struck near the Fourth Street on-ramp to westbound Interstate Highway 80, the CHP said.

The pedestrian died at the scene and the driver of the vehicle cooperated with the investigation, according to the CHP.

The cause of the collision remains under investigation and the name of the deceased pedestrian has not yet been released, the CHP said.

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Friday, December 27, 2013

Part of state Highway 29 in Napa was reopened Saturday morning after an injury crash blocked both traffic in both directions of the roadway, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The crash occurred around 6:45 a.m. on Highway 29 at Whitehall Lane, the CHP was reporting.

A driver in a red jeep struck a tree and reportedly became pinned beneath the car’s steering wheel, according to the CHP.
The crash caused the car to catch fire, which a passerby used a fire extinguisher to put out, according to the CHP.

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Thursday, December 26, 2013
A man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Santa Rosa Friday evening after allegedly causing a five-car crash that left three people injured, police said Saturday. Police said the collision occurred around 5:15 p.m., when a Toyota Tacoma speeding down Hoen Avenue toward Yulupa Avenue rear-ended a car stopped at a red light. The force of the crash caused three more cars stopped at the light to collide, causing major damage to each of the cars and leaving three drivers with minor injuries, police said. One of the drivers was taken to a hospital to be treated for their injuries.
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

A light-rail train struck and killed a woman in San Jose early Christmas morning, officials at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority said.

The train was northbound on A light-rail train struck and killed a woman in San Jose early Christmas morning, officials at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority said.

The train was northbound on Highway 87 south of the city when it hit the woman at about 1:30 a.m., about 100 to 200 yards from the Curtner Light Rail Station, officials said.

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Monday, December 23, 2013
A pedestrian was killed by a hit-and-run driver in San Jose early Tuesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The victim, a 48-year-old San Jose man, was walking west across Bascom Avenue south of Scott Street when he was hit by a car traveling north on Bascom, CHP officials said. The driver fled after the collision, and the CHP was contacted at 12:45 a.m. when a witness spotted the victim lying motionless in the roadway. He was taken to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, where he died of his injuries at about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday.
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Friday, December 20, 2013
A person in a wheelchair was killed by a car on Monterey Road in San Jose Friday evening, according to police. The person in the wheelchair was going north in the southbound lane on Monterey Road while a vehicle was traveling south at about 7 p.m., police said. The two collided head-on near the intersection with Phelan Avenue. The person in the wheelchair was pronounced dead at the scene. Alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the collision, police said.
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Thursday, December 19, 2013

A elderly man was struck and killed by a garbage truck Friday morning in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood.

Authorities have not released many details but the collision occurred at Jones and O’Farrell Streets about 7:40 a.m.
Fire officials said it appears a Recology garbage truck moving in reverse struck the pedestrian, killing them.

Officials, however were still on scene conducting an investigation

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

A 58-year old woman pleaded not guilty Thursday afternoon in San Francisco Superior Court to felony gross vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving charges in connection with a crash that killed a 16-year-old boy in September.

Jennie Zhu, a San Francisco resident, was arraigned Thursday afternoon on the manslaughter charge and two felony counts of reckless driving causing injury after hitting a car on Pine and Gough streets on the morning of Sept. 27.

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
A school bus with eight children on board was involved in a crash with two other cars in Livermore this morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said. The crash was reported shortly before 7:55 a.m. near Murrieta and Stanley boulevards. At least one person suffered minor injuries in the crash, CHP Officer Ron Simmons said. He did not know if the injury was to someone on the bus or in one of the other cars. CHP officers remained at the scene Thursday morning, Simmons said. The highway patrol investigates all collisions in the state involving school buses.