Man Fatally Hit by 47-Van Ness (update)
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A man was fatally hit by a Muni bus Saturday evening on Market and Van Ness, according to the San Francisco Examiner and reports on Twitter. A witness told the Examiner Bay City News that he saw the victim lunge in front of the bus:
Joe Kimbro, a witness who was riding the bus at the time of the accident, said he saw the man lunge in front of the bus as it drove toward the bus stop on South Van Ness Avenue.
“He meant to do what he did. He dove,” Kimbro said. He was sitting in a disabled seat in the bus when the accident happened
The gruesome accident left a pool of blood on the pavement. Read more at the San Francisco Examiner and also SF Appeal.
Other witnesses say that the man intentionally stepped in front of the bus, reports California Beat. ActionNewsSF also has photos of the scene as police taped off the area.
On Twitter, @BrianVanderpol said:
Just got a glimpse of a victim of a muni accident at Van Ness and Market. The wind blew the blanket off. I’m not ok.
We’ll keep you updated.
Omg me and my friends drove right by this and we stopped right the bus and seen the man and this is so not something you see ever day. I’m still in shock and thinking about what I have seen today. I feel sorry for the mans family that has to find out about this.
I was on the bus that hit this man..
Just, wow.
Fyi a witness didn’t tell The Examiner — a witness told Bay City News — you should Google that quote.
Corrected. Thanks, John!