A car got too close to a cable car near Union Square this afternoon, hitting a young rider with its side mirror, Muni spokesman Paul Rose said.The cable car was in the intersection at Powell and Sutter streets at 4 p.m. when the automobile “veered into the cable car, and the side mirror made contact with an 11-year-old boy,” said spokesman Paul Rose. He said the boy was hit in the torso and treated at the scene.
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One of San Francisco's cable car lines will be partially shut down starting Monday as part of an ongoing rehabilitation and maintenance project, transit officials said.The partial closing will continue through Friday, according to the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.The Powell-Hyde line will run from the beginning of the line at Powell and Market street to Jackson and Powell streets.
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On Friday morning, despite ominous rain clouds overhead, a crowd of excited tourists filled the Powell Street cable car plaza, standing patiently to board The City’s moving landmarks in a line that extended an entire block.Today, that same scene will look much different.For the first time in 27 years, all three of The City’s cable car lines will be simultaneously undergoing maintenance work, shutting down most service on the vintage vehicles.
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