Two dead, two injured after car crash in SF
Two dead, two injured after car crash in SF
Updated on: 2010-11-19 14:36:05
The safety of a busy San Francisco intersection is being questioned following a deadly car crash involving young people. Two teenagers are dead after they crashed into a light pole overnight.
The car swerved off Ocean Avenue, hit a metal pole, ran over a concrete plantar box and then took out a pine tree. The identities of the driver and four passengers are still unknown, but they were young - ages 16, 17 and 18. They were all from the East Bay.
Alcohol was found in the car and the driver is being charged with vehicular manslaughter.
The crash happened around 12:45 Friday morning. Police say the car was going west on Ocean Avenue, when it lost control just before Junipero Serra. Three passengers in the back of the car were not wearing seatbelts, two are dead and one is at SF General with life threatening injuries. The driver and front seat passenger survived the accident. They may have been saved from the airbags deploying.
The owner of the building where the crash happened says he's seen a lot of accidents at this intersection.
"This is not a surprise, it happens all the time. It's got to be one of the worst intersections in the city. If you just watch it, its mass confusion here all the time and then the pedestrians on top of it - it's brutal," said Brian Holl of San Francisco.
This is a massive intersection -- main streets crossing, along with some smaller, feeder streets. Muni also goes down the center. That coupled with people driving too fast was a recipe for problems.
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Víctor Lei
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