Four pedestrians were hit by a car near 16th and Mission streets early Monday morning. One later died at the hospital, while the other three were assessed for non-life-threatening injuries at the scene.
“At approximately 12:13 a.m., San Francisco police officers responded to the area of 16th and Mission streets regarding a vehicle collision,” read an email from the police department.
“Officers arrived on scene and located a pedestrian victim being treated by paramedics for life-threatening injuries … Despite life-saving efforts of medical staff, the victim was later declared deceased at the hospital.”
Officers later located the suspected vehicle and detained the occupant.
This is the 10th traffic-related fatality in San Francisco so far this year. Nine of these have been pedestrians and one was a person riding a powered stand-up device.
This latest casualty comes nearly six weeks after Dannielle Spillman was hit and killed by a driver just blocks away, near the intersection of Mission Street and South Van Ness Avenue. The District Attorney’s office later filed murder charges against Valentino Cash Amil, the driver of the vehicle that killed Spillman.
This is an open and active investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the SFPD at 415-575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 and begin the message with SFPD.