3:59 PM: A San Francisco woman who died early this morning after being struck by a car was identified by the medical examiner’s office as 24-year-old Melissa Dennison.
Dennison was crossing Fell Street at Broderick Street at about 6:20 a.m. when she was hit by a four-door Honda traveling west on Fell Street, according to police spokeswoman Sgt. Lyn Tomioka.
It was not immediately clear whether Dennison had been in a crosswalk at the time, nor whether she was crossing on a green light, Tomioka said.
The impact threw her “a significant distance” from the intersection, she said.
The 19-year-old man driving the Honda stopped at the scene and was not arrested, though Tomioka said prosecutors could weigh charging him “because the driver is required to drive with due caution,” she said.
“Apparently, another car had stopped (for the woman) at the intersection and this vehicle went around it,” Tomioka said. She said the Honda could have been behind the other vehicle or in an adjacent lane.
Tomioka said the driver lives in the Peninsula but was heading to work in San Francisco at the time. Alcohol or drugs is not believed to be a factor in the crash.
The incident remains under investigation, and police are still interviewing witnesses, Tomioka said.
12:03 PM: A 24-year-old San Francisco woman died early this morning after being struck by a car, police said.
The woman was crossing Fell Street at Broderick Street at about 6:20 a.m. when she was hit by a four-door Honda traveling west on Fell Street, police spokeswoman Sgt. Lyn Tomioka said.
It was not immediately clear whether the woman had been in a crosswalk at the time. The impact threw the woman “a significant distance” from the intersection, Tomioka said.
The 19-year-old man driving the Honda stopped at the scene and was not arrested, though Tomioka said prosecutors could weigh charging him “because the driver is required to drive with due caution,” she said.
“Apparently, another car had stopped (for the woman) at the intersection and this vehicle went around it,” Tomioka said.
Tomioka said the driver was not from San Francisco but was heading to work in the city at the time.
The name of the woman is not yet being releasing pending notification of her family.
The incident is still under investigation, and police are still interviewing witnesses, Tomioka said.
10:03 AM: A female pedestrian was struck by a car and killed this morning near the intersection of Fell and Broderick streets in San Francisco, police said.
The crash occurred at about 6:30 a.m.
Police spokeswoman Sgt. Lyn Tomioka said a male driver stopped at the scene and was not arrested.
The incident is still under investigation.
7:17 AM: Units are responding to a fatal crash this morning at Fell and Broderick streets in San Francisco, a dispatcher with the fire department said.
A crash was first reported at around 6:30 a.m. the dispatcher said.
One person is confirmed dead, the dispatcher said. Further details were not immediately available.
