{"id":55849,"date":"2018-01-02T05:51:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T05:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=55849"},"modified":"2018-01-02T05:51:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T05:51:01","slug":"7-injured-in-truck-crash-in-sfs-richmond-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/7-injured-in-truck-crash-in-sfs-richmond-district.html","title":{"rendered":"7 injured in truck crash in SF&#8217;s Richmond District"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">7 injured in truck crash in SF&#8217;s Richmond District<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">An elderly man sustained life-threatening injuries Monday afternoon when a delivery truck veered into a crosswalk at Geary Boulevard and 21st Avenue in San Francisco\u2019s Richmond District, striking two pedestrians and a sedan with a family of five inside, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Another elderly man was seriously injured, and the five occupants of the car were treated at the scene for minor injuries. Police didn\u2019t release the victims\u2019 names.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The truck was southbound on 21st Avenue when it entered the crosswalk around 3:30 p.m. and then swerved, striking the pedestrians and then the sedan, which struck a parked car, according to San Francisco police Sgt. John Bragagnolo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The two seriously injured men, both pedestrians standing on the curb at the intersection, were hospitalized. Eastbound Geary Boulevard was closed to traffic for several hours after the crash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Police were interviewing the truck driver and have not determined the cause of the crash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/bayarea\/article\/Seven-people-hurt-in-traffic-accident-in-Richmond-12466244.php<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/7-injured-in-truck-crash-in-sfs-richmond-district.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7 injured in truck crash in SF&#8217;s Richmond District An elderly man sustained life-threatening injuries Monday afternoon when a delivery truck veered into a crosswalk at Geary Boulevard and 21st Avenue in San Francisco\u2019s Richmond District, striking two pedestrians and a sedan with a family of five inside, police said. 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