San Francisco police seek driver in fatal hit-and-run accident

By Angela Hokanson, Bay City News Service

February 19, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - The San Francisco Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating the driver of a van involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident on Saturday night, police Officer Maria Oropeza said today.

Around 11:30 p.m., the victim, a black man in his 30s, was walking in a crosswalk near the intersection of Bayshore Boulevard and Silver Avenue when he was struck by the van, Oropeza said.

The victim was dragged seven to eight feet before he became dislodged from the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene, Oropeza said.

"It was a pretty horrific accident," Oropeza said. "That's why we're asking for the public's help."

The vehicle is described as a black van with tinted windows that likely sustained major front-end and undercarriage damage as a result of the collision, Oropeza said.

The San Francisco Medical Examiner's Office is withholding the name of the man killed pending notification of next of kin.

Police ask that anyone with more information on the accident contact the Police Department at (415) 575-4444.

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