Eight people were injured following a police pursuit in the Mission District last night.
San Francisco police officers on patrol first observed a vehicle with seven passengers driving “erratically” Sunday evening in the area of Guerrero and 19th Street, according to a police department statement.
Officers attempted to pull over the vehicle, the department said, but the driver continued onward, and nearly collided with a second patrol car responding to the scene.
The suspect vehicle then came to a stop when it crashed into another occupied vehicle, which damaged a fire hydrant outside the Audi dealership at 300 South Van Ness Ave., at 14th Street.
Officers detained the occupants of the suspect vehicle, who ranged in age: The youngest was 13, the oldest 24. All seven were transported to a local hospital. One victim from the vehicle that was hit was hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries.
In a video released by the San Francisco Fire Department, a black sedan can be seen smashed into the Audi building, but the inside of the dealership appeared to be undamaged.
In a separate video, also shared by the fire department, a pickup truck can also be seen crashed into a parked vehicle across from the Audi dealership.
The suspect driver was identified as Jason Ulloa Vasquez, 18, of Oakland.
Ulloa Vasquez was charged on several accounts, including “willfully attempting to elude a pursuing police officer causing serious bodily injury, fleeing the police, and driving in a willful and wanton disregard for the safety of others,” according to the San Francisco Police Department.
Ulloa Vasquez was also charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana, child endangerment, running a red light, and driving without a valid license, according to the SFPD. He was booked into San Francisco County Jail at 7:29 a.m. Monday, according to jail booking logs, and was being held without bail.
Another passenger of the suspect vehicle was identified as Pedro Enquie Padilla Ulloa, 23, of San Francisco. He was arrested for resisting or delaying arrest and battery against a peace officer.
The case remains open and under investigation by the SFPD Traffic Collision Investigation Unit.
Calling out Cesar so many years after the fact was Strike 1. This is Strike 2. She is slowly losing her credibility as the voice of Chicanos. Orale…
It’s a relief and a blessing no one was killed. I went by the site last night and was alarmed by how many emergency vehicles I saw there.
The Mission voted overwhelmingly against March 2024 Prop E, which allowed SFPD to expand car chases (as well as rolling back privacy protections for police surveillance). 60% of us voted No. But it passed citywide. Now the Mission is bearing the brunt of reckless, needless decisions by police to engage in high-speed chases. How is that fair? Conservative Westside residents who voted overwhelmingly for Prop E should have the car chases in their neighborhood instead of getting to vote to put our lives at risk.