Woman dies following hit-and-run in S.F. s Mission District
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Christine Reed died on June 25, 2021, one month after she was struck by a car in San Francisco s Mission District.Courtesy of SFPD
A 72-year-old woman struck in a hit-and-run crash in San Francisco’s Mission District last month has died, police said Wednesday.
A bystander saw the victim on the ground near 16th and Folsom streets and called 911 at around 9:22 p.m. on May 28, Robert Rueca, a spokesman for the San Francisco Police Department, said in a statement Wednesday afternoon.
Paramedics transported the victim, Christine Reed, to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. She remained hospitalized until Friday, when she died, Rueca said.
Bay Briefing: A new Bay Area start, cut short in a San Francisco crosswalk
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From left to right Kamron, Samantha and Amir the brother, sister, and father of Danny Ramos who was injured in a hit and run crash that also killed his girlfriend, Lovisa Svallingson attend a vigil on the corner of Polk and Hayes where the accident occurred in San Francisco on Wednesday, May 27, 2021.Nick Otto/Special to The Chronicle
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SFPD arrest suspect in fatal Civic Center hit-and-run crash
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Virgil Woods, 57, was arrested Friday at 1 p.m. at 850 Bryant Street, police said.
The crash at Hayes and Polk streets, near City Hall, involved two pedestrians and two vehicles. One of the victims, identified as Lovisa Svallingson, 29, was pronounced dead at the scene. Another pedestrian, an unidentified 28-year-old man was hospitalized and suffered life-threatening injuries.
Witnesses told police that the driver of a Chevrolet Avalanche ran a red light before hitting a Audi A6 and then the two pedestrians. The Audi had four passengers, two of which were taken to the hospital. Their injuries were not considered life threatening, police said.