{"id":383251,"date":"2026-07-02T06:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/383251\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T06:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:26:09","slug":"discovery-bay-driver-arrested-for-san-francisco-fatal-vehicle-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/383251\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery Bay driver arrested for San Francisco fatal vehicle collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SFPD-Fatal-Collision-Arrest.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SFPD-Fatal-Collision-Arrest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"832\" height=\"737\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Killed pedestrian, struck 3 more people<\/p>\n<p>By San Francisco Police Department<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0May 25,\u00a02026,\u00a0at\u00a0approximately 12:13 am, San Francisco Police\u00a0officers responded to the area of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Mission+St+%26+16th+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94103\/@37.7650728,-122.4222756,637m\/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x808f7e239f0493ef:0x865e84ce930187b9!8m2!3d37.7650686!4d-122.4196953!16s%2Fg%2F11gdztc7bk?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDYyOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">16th\u202fand Mission Streets<\/a>\u00a0regarding\u00a0a vehicle collision.<\/p>\n<p>Officers were advised that a collision occurred between a vehicle and a pedestrian.<\/p>\n<p>Officers arrived on scene and\u00a0located\u00a0a pedestrian victim being treated by paramedics for life threatening injuries. Paramedics transported the victim to a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Despite lifesaving efforts of medical staff, the victim was later declared deceased at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>A preliminary investigation revealed that a vehicle collided with a pedestrian and struck three\u00a0additional\u00a0victims.<\/p>\n<p>The three victims were medically assessed on scene for non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Through the course of the investigation, officers\u00a0located\u00a0the suspect vehicle and detained the occupant of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The Traffic Collision Investigations Unit (TCIU) responded to scene\u00a0and conducted their investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Through the course of the investigation, TCIU investigators developed probable cause to arrest the driver identified as 57-year-old Samuel Powell of Discovery Bay on June 30, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Powell was arrested\u00a0and charged for\u00a0vehicular Manslaughter 192(c)(2) PC and\u00a0the driver\u2019s responsibility to exercise due care for the safety of any pedestrian within the roadway\u00a021955(b)(3) CVC.<\/p>\n<p>Although\u00a0an\u00a0arrest has been made, this\u00a0remains\u00a0an open and active investigation.\u00a0Anyone with information is asked to contact the SFPD at 415-575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411\u202fand begin the message with SFPD.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Killed pedestrian, struck 3 more people By San Francisco Police Department On\u00a0May 25,\u00a02026,\u00a0at\u00a0approximately 12:13 am, San Francisco Police\u00a0officers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-383251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}