"If readers want more details on the crash and the neighborhood response, check out Oscar Palma's excellent story in Mission Local. Palma quotes SFPD Captain Gerald Newbeck, who said the motorist was driving so erratically that even a red light wouldn't have stopped them. I would add that neither would flashing beacons, more paint, plastic posts, or all the other marginal improvements SFMTA keeps installing. It seems unlikely speed cameras would have deterred this driver either."
"In the video, a sedan streaks past on Cortland, a merchant and residential street, at clearly egregious speeds. Although the crash itself is out of view, eight seconds in, there's a horrible thud. This is the sound that woke up many residents of the area, who are used to drivers blowing down Cortland as if it's the track at the Indianapolis 500."
A 21-year-old, Henriquez Ulloa, was arrested and booked at San Francisco County Jail on multiple charges including felony hit-and-run resulting in death, vehicular manslaughter, destroying or concealing evidence, and basic speed law violations. The victim, 30-year-old Binod Budhathoki, was crossing Cortland Avenue and Andersen Street in Bernal Heights on October 4 when he was struck and killed. Security camera footage shows a sedan streaking down Cortland at egregious speeds; eight seconds into the clip a loud thud occurs and residents later described Budhathoki's body being flung across the intersection with severe head trauma. Neighbors and officials noted that common street treatments and traffic cameras likely would not have prevented this crash.
Read at Streetsblog
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