S.F. police arrest suspect in fatal Bernal Heights hit-and-run
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S.F. police arrest suspect in fatal Bernal Heights hit-and-run
"On Thursday, San Francisco police officers arrested a 21-year-old suspected of driving the car that killed Binod Budhathoki in Bernal Heights last weekend in a hit-and-run. Officers with the Mission District police station arrested Perla Rosario Henriquez Ulloa on Oct. 9, according to the police department. They booked her into jail at 6 p.m. on Thursday, according to booking logs, on suspicion of felony hit-and-run, driving over the speed limit, destroying evidence, and other charges."
"Henriquez Ulloa allegedly drove what witnesses said was a silver sedan at high speeds down Cortland Avenue, the main commercial thoroughfare in Bernal, at around 2 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4. Video from a store on the street showed the sedan speeding down the road just before a loud thud. The victim, Budhathoki, was Nepali and returning home from celebrating Dashain, a Hindu festival observed throughout South Asia."
San Francisco police arrested 21-year-old Perla Rosario Henriquez Ulloa on Oct. 9 on suspicion of felony hit-and-run, speeding, destroying evidence, and other charges after a fatal crash on Cortland Avenue. Witnesses said a silver sedan traveled at high speeds around 2 a.m. on Oct. 4, and surveillance video showed the vehicle just before a loud thud. The victim, Binod Budhathoki, was returning from Dashain and left behind an 8-year-old daughter. Residents and merchants called for traffic-calming measures, noting Cortland’s designation as a high-injury corridor and prior pedestrian deaths in 2024 and 2018.
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