Posted on 23rd April 2010 by gjohnson in Uncategorized
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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.
Posted on 11th February 2010 by gjohnson in Uncategorized
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An accident involving a San Francisco Water Department truck killed one woman, and a Muni bus injured another woman Tuesday afternoon, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/10/BAQB1BV4IQ.DTL&type;=printableXiu Fang Huang, 63, was struck by the water department truck while she was crossing Ocean Avenue near Miramar in the Ingleside area. The city truck hit here and then two of its wheels rolled over her body, dragging and crushing it.
In the second accident, a Muni bus hit and seriously injury a woman who was walking across San Bruno Avenue, near Burrows Street. There is a crosswalk there, but no stop signs or stop lights.
The unnamed woman, believed to be in her 70s, was thrown into the air, and came down 15 feet away from the crosswalk. She sustained head injuries, and was brought to a hospital for treatment.
