First Denver had a rash of accidents where pedestrians were struck and killed by municipal buses. Now San Francisco had a fatal accident were a man died after being hit by a city bus.
On Wednesday morning Scott Whitsett, 49, was walking on the pavement, wet from rain, of Mission Street in the Financial District when he hit by a Muni bus driven by Kimberly Johnson. http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Muni-operator-involved-in-fatal-accident-had-been-with-agency-for-just-over-two-years-91863314.html
After being hit by that first bus, Whitsett was then pinned against another Muni bus, that one driven by Cedric Geegan.
Whitsett had to be extricated, and was brought to San Francisco General Hospital, where he died.
As part of standard Muni procedure, both Johnson and Geegan were given drug and alcohol tests and were placed on non-driving status.
The accident, which is under investigation, was the first Muni-related fatality so far this year.
