11:29 AM: In a written statement, SFPD spokesperson Lt. Troy Dangerfield says:
The victim is this case is still alive on life support. It was our error in reporting the facts. Please update your reports. He has suffered life threatening injuries.
He is not expected to survive his injuries and may be brain dead, but we want to report correct for the sake of the family.
5:46 AM: A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in San Francisco’s Marina District this morning, police said.
The pedestrian, a 22-year-old man, was struck at Lombard and Pierce streets at about 1:20 a.m., police said.
The vehicle was driving eastbound on Pierce when the crash occurred. The driver, a 30-year-old man, reportedly told officers that he did not see the pedestrian before the crash, police said.
Alcohol was not a factor in the incident and the police department’s hit-and-run detail is investigating, police said.
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