Tenderloin Surveillance Footage Shows Pedestrian In Crosswalk As Shuttle Bus Hits Him (Video)
by Eve Batey | February 15, 2012 8:31 am	| in News | 0
Surveillance video that captured an accident in which a man was struck and then pinned under a shuttle bus clearly shows that the pedestrian was using the crosswalk when hit by the van.
As reported yesterday, the accident was reported at 2:18 PM Tuesday at Eddy and Leavenworth streets.
San Francisco fire spokeswoman Mindy Talmadge said a man was struck by a transport van and pinned underneath the vehicle. Fire crews responded and extricated the victim at 2:38 p.m., she said.
As you can see from surveillance video obtained by KRON4 (Warning: it can be upsetting to see a person get hit by a bus! If you don't want to see that sort of thing, do not watch the video embedded below), the pedestrian was in the middle of the crosswalk when the right-turning shuttle bus slammed straight into him.
Two ambulances were called–one for the pedestrian and another for the driver, who began suffering from a medical problem. Both were transported to a hospital.
According to KRON4, the pedestrian is expected to survive.
Eve Batey is the editor and publisher of the San Francisco Appeal. She used to be the San Francisco Chronicle's Deputy Managing Editor for Online, and started at the Chronicle as their blogging and interactive editor. Before that, she was a co-founding writer and the lead editor of SFist. She's been in the city since 1997, presently living in the Outer Sunset with her husband, cat, and dog. You can reach Eve at eve@sfappeal.com.