Officers in San Francisco on Friday arrested a driver who allegedly fled the scene of a fatal collision earlier this week that left a 29-year-old woman dead and.
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No suspect, arrest in S.F. hit-and-run crash that killed 29-year old software engineer
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The scene at Hayes and Polks streets on Tuesday where a motorist fatally struck software engineer Lovisa Svallingson and critically injured another pedestrian in a hit-and-run.Steve Rubenstein/SFCShow MoreShow Less
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The scene at Hayes and Polks streets on Tuesday where a motorist fatally struck software engineer Lovisa Svallingson and critically injured another pedestrian in a hit-and-run.Steve Rubenstein/SFCShow MoreShow Less
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A bicyclist rides past a memorial for Lovisa Svallingson at Polk Street and Hayes Street, Thursday, May 20, 2021, in San Francisco, Calif. Svallingson, a 29-year-old software engineer, was killed in a hit-and-run crash. Officials responding to the crash at 7 p.m. Tuesday found two pedestrian victims. The crash occurred when a pickup truck collided with a sedan and then careened into the two pedestrians. One of the pedestrians was Sval
29-year-old woman identified as victim in S.F. fatal crash
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A 29-year-old woman was identified as the person who died after a vehicle crash in San Francisco on Tuesday evening that also sent a man to a hospital with critical injuries, authorities said Wednesday.
Lovisa Svallingson died in the crash but San Francisco medical examiner officials said they were not authorized to release information about whether she was in a vehicle or a pedestrian at the time she died, but San Francisco Supervisor Matt Haney said she was a pedestrian. The medical examiner’s office did not provide the victim’s city of residence but according to her social media pages, she lived in Oakland and worked in tech.
[Update] Hit-and-Run Crash Near Civic Center Kills One Pedestrian, Injures Three Others
A major collision occurred Tuesday night at the intersection of Polk and Hayes streets that took the life of a pedestrian, and one of the drivers involved reportedly fled the scene on foot.
The collision happened around 7 p.m., as KPIX reports, involving a truck/SUV and a sedan, and a resident of the 20th floor of Fox Plaza tells the Chronicle she heard a very loud crash. Reports on Twitter suggest that the SUV may have run a red light, though the cause of the collision remains under investigation.