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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.
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.
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.
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
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.