"Friends remembered Spillman as supportive and caring, someone who built family wherever she went. 'Very sweet. She always was supporting me, family and friends everyone,' said Theresa Jenny Cabanag, a friend of Spillman's."
"'As the victim proceeds around the front of the vehicle, the defendant accelerates hitting the victim who ends up on the hood of the vehicle before falling in the roadway, and then is run over,' said San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins."
"'He panicked he tried to get his family to safety and he drove away. Tragically that person walked in front of the car, got onto the hood, fell off and was hurt in the collision,' said defense attorney Seth Morris."
Danielle Spillman, a 74-year-old musician, was killed in a hit-and-run incident in San Francisco's SoMa neighborhood. A 30-year-old driver has been charged with murder. Friends remember Spillman as a supportive and caring person who welcomed others into her home. Court proceedings revealed conflicting accounts of the incident, with prosecutors stating the driver accelerated towards Spillman, while the defense claimed the driver panicked, believing his family was in danger. This incident marks the eighth pedestrian death in San Francisco this year.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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