Police are investigating a hit and run incident that occurred in the Outer Mission on Wednesday.
About 7:40 p.m., police began receiving calls about a silver pickup truck that crashed into a house at Florentine and Morse streets.
The pickup reportedly caused severe damage to the house before fleeing the scene, police said. The building was evacuated to ensure the safety of its residents.
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A 56-year-old woman suffered a serious head injury Monday after being struck in a crosswalk just south of Crocker Amazon Playground, according to police.
Police initially reported the incident as a hit and run Tuesday morning, but have since revised their report to say the driver did stop at the scene and cooperated with investigators. The accident remains under investigation, police Sgt. Dennis Toomer said.
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A San Francisco police officer was dragged and run over during a routine traffic stop in Hunters Point early Sunday morning, police said.
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A man was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident on Lombard Street on Saturday night, police said.The 24-year-old victim was hit when he reportedly ran across Lombard at about 11:40 p.m. outside the crosswalk.The driver failed to stop and fled the scene, police said. The only information on the car police had Monday morning was that it was silver.The victim was taken to the hospital with a life-threatening head injury.rnagle@sfexaminer.com
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A driver accused of plowing a stolen vehicle into a pedestrian who was headed to a church Christmas event in South San Francisco on Dec. 19 pleaded not guilty to the charges earlier this week.
Michael John Weiler, 27, who lives in his girlfriend’s South City home, had reportedly been driving a stolen truck when he struck and injured a man who had just gotten out of his car near All Souls Catholic Church on Walnut Avenue.
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A pedestrian was struck head-on while crossing at Market and Church streets Wednesday, police said, and the driver fled the scene and left him for dead.
The victim, a 39-year-old man, suffered a life-threatening head injury after a dark-colored sedan struck him on Market Street just after midnight, police Officer Gordon Shyy said. The sedan was last seen driving north on Sanchez Street, Shyy said.
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A 32-year-old Antioch man was reportedly driving erratically near the intersection of Eighth and Brannan streets about 9 p.m. Wednesday, police Officer Albie Esparza said.
A police patrol car gave chase, Esparza said, but had to stop for safety reasons.
However, Randall Evans ended up striking a vehicle on northbound Sixth Street, Esparza said. Evans fled from his vehicle but was quickly arrested. Police reportedly found multiple weapons in his car.
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The controversial principal of Paul Revere Elementary School in Bernal Heights was sentenced Tuesday to community service hours instead of jail time in connection with a DUI arrest last month in which she allegedly sideswiped two vehicles just south of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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A driver was busted for allegedly fleeing a near-fatal collision with a pedestrian near the underpass of the Central Freeway on Monday, police said.Craig Sheppard, 54, of San Francisco was booked on charges of felony hit-and-run and failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk after the accident at 13th and Mission streets. A 47-year-old woman is in criticalcondition.
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A bicyclist who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run collision early Sunday morning has been identified as San Francisco nightlife luminary and activist Christopher Evans, better known as DJ Toph One.
According to Facebook posts, Evans is currently in the Intensive Care Unit at San Francisco General Hospital with a broken pelvis.
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