A Petaluma-based slaughterhouse has issued a massive recall of 8.7 million pounds of meat processed in 2013. The Press Democrat reports that Rancho Feeding Corp. expanded a recall announced last month after an investigation revealed that it proceeded “diseased and unsound animals” without proper inspections.
A pedestrian in Nob Hill was hit by a Lyft car last week. The accident happened on Friday and is one of many recent accidents involving ride-share services such as Lyft and Uber.
A passenger was reportedly in the car when it ran into an elderly woman around 1:30 p.m. on Friday. Venture Beat reports that the woman’s leg was fractured and that she was rushed to San Francisco General Hospital for treatment.
Toyota is one of the world’s leading car companies but it also has the distinction of being the leading car recaller in the U.S. Toyota has issued the most car recalls in four of the past five years.
Toyota has issued a major recall of 2012 and 2013 sedans and crossovers last fall. The carmaker says that many of its most popular vehicles are impacted by the recall including the Toyota Camry, Camry Hybrid, Avalon, Avalon Hybrid, and Venza.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that 33-year-old Haamid Zaid crashed his red Oldsmobile Cutlass into the store and then procedure to assault customers. The man reportedly has a history of drug-related crimes.
Shoppers tackled Zaid and held the intoxicated man until authorities arrived. One person was hospitalized after the incident but no one was killed.
Fox News reports that 38-year-old Bill Beckwith was killed when his motorcycle was hit by a car in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood.
The host’s death may draw attention to the dangers that motorcyclists across the Bay Area face on the road. Motorcycle accident injuries are among the most severe types of traffic accident injuries seen in San Francisco hospitals. Motorcyclists typically suffer severe trauma, including head injuries, from similar crashes.
In our last post we covered the tragic car accident death of Paul Walker, a popular actor and star of the Fast & Furious movie franchise. Paul Walker died last weekend as the passenger in a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT driven by his friend Roger Rodas.
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition recently announced that right-turn enforcement has finally been installed at the intersection of Market and Octavia. This will help catch drivers who decide to make illegal right turns onto the freeway.
Authorities recently arrested a Milpitas for his role in a fatal Hayward car accident. KGO-TV reports that the man was speeding along Paseo Padre Parkway when he hit a tree, killing his 31-year-old wife and 3-year-old son Authorities say that the accident happened between Chadbourne Drive and Dorne Place.
In our last post we discussed a San Francisco bicycle accident which left a 21-year-old cyclist dead. This is the second recent accident to involve Recology garbage truck.
A 21-year-old Clayton man was recently killed in a Mission District bicycle accident. Authorities say that the man was biking shortly before 7 a.m. yesterday morning when he was run over by a Recology garbage truck driving in the same direction.
The truck reportedly began making a turn from 16th Street onto South Van Ness. The abrupt turn caused the cyclist to run into the back of the truck.