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Thirteen hurt by San Francisco hit-and-run driver

Posted on: Tuesday, 29 August 2006, 17:48 CDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - At least 13 people were injured in San Francisco around noontime on Tuesday when a male driver went on a hit-and-run rampage through the Laurel Heights and Western Addition neighborhoods near the center of the city, police officials said.

The driver, who was taken into custody by police about an hour after the incident began, was also linked to a fatal auto accident earlier in the day in the city of Fremont across the San Francisco Bay, Neville Gittens, San Francisco Police Department spokesman, told reporters.

Thirteen people, including three described as critically injured, were taken to local hospitals for treatment.

The rampage began about noon when the driver of a black Honda SUV began racing through the Laurel Heights and Western Addition districts, which blend commercial and residential neighborhoods.

Gittens said he plowed along sidewalks and streets and through intersections, intentionally striking pedestrians along the way. The accidents "were intentional, with no regard to who the suspect was hitting," he said.

Witnesses said the man "looked like he was in a video game, targeting people in intersections," local radio station KCBS reported.

The driver was finally blocked in an intersection by San Francisco Police about an hour after the mayhem began. Police did not give out the driver's identity and further information about the Fremont incident was not immediately available.

Source: REUTERS

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