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Fatal accident in busy intersection of Glen Park–Update

August 20, 2024 by Bonnee Waldstein

 

At the monthly SFPD Ingleside Community Meeting, the Glen Park News asked about the status of the investigation.  Officer James George, substituting for Captain Amy Hurwitz, said the information is still scanty. The case has been turned over to the Traffic Company, a unit of SFPD. Due to staffing shortages in that department, it’s necessary to go in person to their office at 850 Bryant Street to get updates on a case under investigation.

Even so, Officer George said that it’s too early in the investigation to add any details. The accident happened less than a week ago and it generally takes two weeks or so to investigate a traffic accident. Since the accident resulted in a fatality, it could take a month or more. It’s a very long, thorough investigation.Thus neighbors are urged to be patient and not draw any premature conclusions.

KTVU obtained surveillance video of the moment just before the accident, with some blurring. Warning: video is disturbing

“The accident was an unfortunate event. It’s still too early to know if there was carelessness involved– as of right now it doesn’t appear to be anything mischievous, nothing like that,” said Officer George.

Details on the victim are likewise sparse. All that is known is that it was a 61-year old woman. It’s not known if she lived in Glen Park or was passing through on a commute or an errand. No details on the driver are available either.

One question many neighbors are asking is if the driver made the right turn on a red light or a green light.  “That I have no idea,” Officer George said. It’s up to the Traffic Company to release that information when they are ready to.

Today, on the corner outside the Glen Park Market where the tragic accident occurred, there’s a flower memorial attached to a light pole, as well as a sign from WalkSF announcing a pedestrian death at the location.

Glen Park resident Marian Bengal, of Chilton Avenue, was at the spot today on an errand. “I’m looking where the accident was, and I’m seeing there are things that could obscure a driver’s vision. For example, across that street [outside the BART station], there’s that big green utility box that people stand behind and then step out from behind it.”

The only remediation measure the Glen Park News is aware of happening right away is repainting the faded stripes in the crosswalk. A “pedestrian scramble,” in which all traffic on all sides stops at the same time leaving the intersection totally free for pedestrians, was studied about a decade ago. It was deemed unworkable due to the traffic snarl it would cause on the main thoroughfares and then send traffic onto residential streets in the neighborhood.

Results of the initial traffic study in 2015 were posted in the Glen Park News.

One thing is clear–the Diamond/Bosworth intersection must be studied again. Glen Park has become busier since the last traffic study. It’s time for a change, for safety’s sake.

 

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Saturday’s Glen Park Greenway Work Party is Cancelled.

“I’m very sorry to say that
we have cancelled our Work Party for this Saturday July 12, along with all organized volunteer activity on the Greenway until further notice.
As you may have read in the news, our fiscal sponsor, San Francisco Parks Alliance (SFPA), has shut itself down. Just as SFPA has shut itself down, the Greenway, as an organized part of SFPA, has also been “shut down.” We are busy looking for a suitable alternative fiscal sponsor that is willing to replace SFPA. That search is going well but it is a slow process. We had hoped to find temporary ways to enable the Greenway project to function responsibly as a community activity without a fiscal sponsor. Sadly, despite our best efforts and the help of many others in Glen Park, we have failed. That is why we must cancel our Saturday Work Party and discontinue future work parties and other organized volunteer activity on the Greenway (like weeding and watering) until further notice. We recognize that the Greenway is public open space and that the organizers of the Greenway project have no control over the activities of you or of anyone else on the Greenway. However, if you do venture onto the Greenway to satisfy your urge for outdoor recreation, please be aware that your activity is not in any way organized or sanctioned by the organizers of the Glen Park Greenway project. I’m well aware of the efforts that many of the
Greenway’s supporters are making to get the Greenway organized with a new fiscal sponsor and I’m confident that this will be arranged within weeks or perhaps a few months.
However long it takes, I will contact you with news of our progress.
Many thanks for all that you do for the Greenway.”

Nicholas Dewar, volunteer Project Director

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Wonder what’s stopping just organizing it separate from that non-profit. It seems like the volunteers largely come from Glen Park.

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