F Line Muni Streetcars, Vehicle Crash on Market — Updates with SFMTA statement
Photo: @hankish
Update (1:21 p.m. Tuesday):
MTA Chief Operating Officer Ken McDonald resigns. Streetsblog SF has more.
Update (7:59 a.m. Tuesday):
SF Appeal has more details, including quotes from Nat Ford and Bevan Dufty, the area’s rep at City Hall. Here’s what Dufty had to say:
“This accident was avoidable, Muni procedures require a minimum of one block spacing between street cars. I can’t imagine any excuse.”
Update (midnight-ish):
MTA chief Nat Ford issued a statement and MTA’s press release identifies the drivers of the F cars, StreetsBlog reports:
The two Muni Operators were identified as Lonny Butler, who was operating the moving streetcar (Car No. 1893), and Leonard Peralta, who was operating the stationary streetcar (Car No. 1007). Butler began as a Muni Operator in 2002 (he joined the rail division in 2007) and Peralta was hired in 1995 (he joined the rail division in 1999). Per normal procedure, both Operators will be tested for drugs and alcohol and have been placed on non-driving status pending the results of the investigation.
(See more about the statements and photos – there’s a couple of pics with Supervisor Dufty and the clean up after the crash.)
