One Dead, 3 Hurt In UCSF Shuttle Bus Crash With Big Rig
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – One person was killed and three others hurt in San Francisco Thursday morning when a University of California, San Franicisco shuttle bus collided with a big rig carrying vehicles.
Octavia Boulevard was closed to traffic between Market and Fell streets after the crash, which was reported around 6:20 a.m., police Lt. Troy Dangerfield said.
The big-rig was heading north on Octavia Boulevard when it collided with the UCSF shuttle bus taking San Francisco General Hospital employees to work.
A white man in his 40s was ejected from the shuttle bus and died at the scene. As of 7:45 a.m., his body was still underneath the big-rig, covered by a yellow tarp.
Two females and one male on the shuttle bus suffered minor injures. It was not immediately clear how many passengers were on the shuttle bus.
The driver of the big-rig was not injured.
The big-rig was carrying several cars and suffered damage to the left front end. The front right side of the shuttle bus near the door was crushed inward and a side window was broken.
The cause of the crash was under investigation.
San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, whose district includes Hayes Valley, was at the scene of the accident Thursday morning.
Like police, he was still trying to learn the circumstances of the crash but said he is aware of the dangers of Octavia Boulevard.
He called Octavia "a fabulous boulevard, but it has its challenges, especially for drivers who aren't familiar with San Francisco and rely on GPS."
Mirkarimi also brought up the issue of seat belts on shuttle buses.
In Thursday's crash, he said, "Quite clearly a seat belt could have potentially helped."
