Comments on: Fatal car crash on South Van Ness this morning

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 04:50:42 +0000

Blame the good guys? The blame is with the suspect who drove the black Impala. If you don’t like the police , so be it, but blaming them is just plain silly.

By: rod

rod — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:44:57 +0000

in a just world, this dude and whoever he’s living with in Valencia Gardens would be evicted. it sucks for everyone else who lives there as well as the whole neighborhood that Valencia Gardens continues to be a hotbed for violent crime.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:30:39 +0000

Sirens != chasing.

By: ZZ

ZZ — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:13:38 +0000

I believe a patrol car stopped the suspect at 21st and Mission upon which the suspect sped away as the officer walked up to the vehicle. The crash occurred at 21st and South Van Ness which is two short blocks away. It is quite likely that the suspect had already crashed before the officer could even put his car into drive.

The people in suits were detectives and crime scene investigators. It is standard practice for them to cordon off a crime scene and collect evidence long after the crime has occurred.

By: Jolly

Jolly — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:57:03 +0000

Dumbest/worst comment I’ve ever read.

By: blah

blah — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:53:19 +0000

I heard sirens BEFORE the big boom, so they were chasing them.

By: Sally

Sally — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:22:12 +0000

I agree about police chases! The police say they were not chasing, but a witness wrote on Mission Local blog that they were chasing, and that there were gunshots at the crash site. Perhaps the sound of the store door breaking sounded like gunshots. I live very nearby but I didn’t witness the crash. I noticed there were way more police than usual and a lot of men in suits–kind of weird on a holiday morning or at any crash. Anyone know who all the men in suits were? They spent all day there surveying the site, marking the skid marks, etc. either to prove that they didn’t chase the car or to make it look like they didn’t. No police chases! They are stupid. One news source said that the driver of the white car also died in the hospital. That’s three innocent people killed. I hope journalists and the victims’ lawyers keep digging to find out what exactly led to this horrible crash. In September 2011 the very same series of events led to a spectacular collision at 20th and Folsom, but that time, by sheer luck, nobody was badly hurt.

By: Linda Lagunas Atwood

Linda Lagunas Atwood — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:44:49 +0000

Fuck those high speed police chases. Always ends badly.

By: Nick Pal

Nick Pal — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:45:05 +0000

Francisco Guttierez http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2013/01/francisco_gutierrez_identified.php

By: Maria Melo

Maria Melo — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:09:37 +0000

does anyone happen to know the name of the innocent bystander that was killed?

By: moto-waki

moto-waki — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 00:53:21 +0000

and their unfunny jokes.

By: Vince

Vince — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:07:13 +0000

The most disgusting thing about these gang bangers is how often they hurt innocent people.

By: Crab y Monkey

Crab y Monkey — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:55:23 +0000

Why not? Life is a joke. Death is a joke. I wish it weren’t so, but there it is.

By: ZZ

ZZ — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:31:05 +0000

An innocent bystander gets killed and you’re making a joke?

By: Crab y Monkey

Crab y Monkey — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:19:20 +0000

Shortly before that, BTW, a car drove past me on Mission and someone inside yelled something rude at me. I wonder if the curse I put on him had something to do with this.