Post by ocelot on Aug 30, 2006 10:58:22 GMT -5
San Francisco Hit and Run Rampage
One person has been killed and at least 14 injured in the San Francisco area on Tuesday after a driver targeted pedestrians on crosswalks and sidewalks, police allege.
Pedro Adluguv, 70, is carried to an ambulance after he was hit by a car while crossing a street in San Francisco, Tuesday. (Penni Gladstone/San Francisco Chronicle/Associated Press) The victims were taken to three hospitals. One was in critical condition.
"These are the things, these are so senseless. They're utterly inexplicable. They're impossible to rationalize," Mayor Gavin Newsom said.
The spree began around noon in the Fremont district, where a 55-year-old man walking on the side of the road was struck. He was thrown into a field and pronounced dead at the scene, said Sgt. Chris Mazzone of the Fremont police.
Witnesses said the driver did not slow down.
The driver then crossed the bay into San Francisco, where at least four separate incidents occurred over a 20-minute span.
"It was like Death Race 2000, "firefighter Danny Bright told the Chronicle. "Guys were walking down the sidewalk and the guy just came up and ran them over. The guy went crazy.''
Police were eventually able to box in a black Honda Pilot in the city's Richmond district.
The arrested man was identified as 29-year-old Omeed Aziz Popal.
One person has been killed and at least 14 injured in the San Francisco area on Tuesday after a driver targeted pedestrians on crosswalks and sidewalks, police allege.
Pedro Adluguv, 70, is carried to an ambulance after he was hit by a car while crossing a street in San Francisco, Tuesday. (Penni Gladstone/San Francisco Chronicle/Associated Press) The victims were taken to three hospitals. One was in critical condition.
"These are the things, these are so senseless. They're utterly inexplicable. They're impossible to rationalize," Mayor Gavin Newsom said.
The spree began around noon in the Fremont district, where a 55-year-old man walking on the side of the road was struck. He was thrown into a field and pronounced dead at the scene, said Sgt. Chris Mazzone of the Fremont police.
Witnesses said the driver did not slow down.
The driver then crossed the bay into San Francisco, where at least four separate incidents occurred over a 20-minute span.
"It was like Death Race 2000, "firefighter Danny Bright told the Chronicle. "Guys were walking down the sidewalk and the guy just came up and ran them over. The guy went crazy.''
Police were eventually able to box in a black Honda Pilot in the city's Richmond district.
The arrested man was identified as 29-year-old Omeed Aziz Popal.