11/10 10:39 AM: A 70-year-old woman died Thursday morning after being struck by a van while walking across a busy street in San Francisco’s Richmond District.
The medical examiner’s office identified the woman as Jon Kong, of San Francisco.
Kong was struck at about 8:15 a.m. by a white van that had been traveling south on Ninth Avenue and turned onto eastbound Geary Boulevard, according to police spokesman Officer Samson Chan. No one else was hurt.
Kong was taken to San Francisco General Hospital but was pronounced dead about 30 minutes later.
The driver of the van, a 50-year-old San Francisco man, stopped and was interviewed by police but not arrested, according to Chan.
The man was a licensed driver and was not intoxicated, Chan said.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing.
Willy Wong, the manager of a Shell gas station located at the intersection, said Thursday he heard a loud “bang” and then saw a woman on the ground, run over by the van’s two front tires.
Two customers from the gas station went to try to help her, but the woman was not moving. Wong said he believed the woman was in the crosswalk when she was struck, and was then thrown about 20 feet.
11/19 12:02 PM: Eastbound Geary Boulevard in San Francisco’s Richmond District reopened this morning following an accident in which a woman was struck by a van and seriously injured, police said.
The crash happened at about 8:15 a.m. when a white van traveling south on Ninth Avenue turned onto eastbound Geary Boulevard and hit the woman, police spokesman Officer Samson Chan said.
She was taken to San Francisco General Hospital. Her injuries were considered life-threatening, Chan said. No one else was hurt.
The incident remains under investigation. Police officers interviewed witnesses and the van driver, who pulled over after the accident.
Willy Wong, the manager of a Shell gas station located at the intersection, said he heard a loud “bang” and then saw a woman on the ground, run over by the van’s two front tires.
He said she was not moving. Two customers from the gas station went to try to help her, he said.
11/19 10:01 AM: A female pedestrian was seriously injured this morning after being struck by a van in San Francisco’s Richmond District, police said.
The crash took place at about 8:15 a.m., when a white van traveling south on Ninth Avenue turned onto eastbound Geary Boulevard and hit the woman, police spokesman Officer Samson Chan said.
The woman was taken to San Francisco General Hospital. Her injuries are considered life threatening, Chan said. No one else was injured.
The circumstances of the crash are still under investigation, and police officers are at the scene interviewing the van driver and witnesses.
The crash has closed Geary Boulevard in the eastbound direction, according to Chan.
