West Portal crash: 78-year-old woman arrested after 3 family members die at San Francisco bus stop

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for joining us. I'm Andre Senior and I'm Claudine Wong, new at noon. >> A San Francisco police have arrested a woman for crash that killed three people, including a young child. It all happened Saturday afternoon while the victims were waiting at a busT& stop near the west portal. Muni criminal charges, the driver is- now facing. portal neighborhood of San Francisco left behind flowers, candles and stuffed animals at the site of this horrific crash. You can'túhelp but notice the stroller and three pairs of shoes at the site meant to died Saturday afternoon towardse West Portal Muni station crossed over into the westbound lanes before striking the side of the library and skidding directly into a bus shelter waiting. >> I was just right around the corner when it happened.úHeard a horn go, and then an almighty crash. I mean, everybody in the neighborhood was outC because it was so loud. I think it's brutal. Just brutal. According toúthe safety advocacy group walk SF, aúfather and toddler were killed when the SUV struck themn >> A mother and baby seriously injured over the weekend. We learned the mother died from her injuries at the hospital.úThe baby is still inT& critical condition. The driver of the SUV was hospitalized this morning, San Francisco police announced they arrested the old Mary Fong Lao. She facesr charges of vehicular way, reckless driving andwrongT- driving at an unsafe speed. I spoke with a man who identified He didn't want to appear onT&er- camera, but says he's heartbroken by what happened. He says he tried to visit his sister at the hospital after the crash,úbut was told he could not talk to her because of the investigation. He has no idea, he says, what may have caused his sister to crash. The group walk SF says they want SFMTa tod cameras throughout the city to make the roads safer. >> I do like that idea, actually, andC I think it's proven that lowering speed does save lives. >> San Francisco police say traffic engineering or the way the streets are laid out at West Portal, was not a factor inúthe crash. Some neighbors disagree.e in, it's always busy. There's kids, you know, peopleútake the L people from Washington High School, elementary like West Portal walking around whenúyou walk down the street, you just kind of hope that they let you of th. >> Walk SF plans toúhave a vigil this evening to honor the victims of this crash. It's scheduled
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Channel: KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
Views: 81,274
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Keywords: west portal crash, arrest, 78, year old woman, Muni, family, dead, ktvu
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Length: 2min 42sec (162 seconds)
Published: Mon Mar 18 2024
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