One child, one adult killed when car strikes San Francisco bus shelter

“This is an active investigation and its going to take a while to sort it out and figure out exactly what happened,” Assistant Police Chief David Lazar said. “We need to determine what the victims were doing and what the driver was doing. It’s going to take a little while.”

Luke Bornheimer, a San Francisco transportation activist, said in a statement tweeted out Saturday that the incident is indicative of the perils of the busy intersection near the West Portal Station.

“This crash and the related fatalities were preventable with better street design,” Bornheimer wrote. “SFMTA should close this intersection to all car traffic indefinitely while it studies improvements to not only prevent future crashes, but to improve speed and reliability of public transportation in and around West Portal.”

When asked if Saturday’s incident is a setback to the city’s quest for Vision Zero, a city initiative started in 2014 that aimed to end traffic deaths by 2024 by installing more protections for pedestrians and cyclists, Breed said it is critical to wait for the investigation to be completed.

“As the case with every situation like this, we are in the process of evaluating the area and the challenges that might exist in the area and the ways we can improve,” she said. “I’m not sure that this particular incident fits in the scope of that problem around Vision Zero but our goal is to make sure we are doing everything we can to ensure the safety of people in this city.”

This is a developing story.