A man who was struck by a vehicle early Tuesday in SoMa has succumbed to his injuries in the hospital, marking the city’s 12th pedestrian death of the year to date.<\/p>\n
The crash happened around 4:03 am on Sixth Street near Tehama Street, according to the San Francisco Fire Department. The caller who initially reported the collision said that a bicyclist had been struck by a car and was lying on the ground, as Mission Local reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n The victim was said to be around 50 years old, and was transported to Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n San Francisco police described the victim as a pedestrian, not a cyclist, and this discrepancy has not been cleared up, per Mission Local. The man may have been walking a bicycle across the street at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n An ambulance was reportedly on the scene by 4:12 am and paramedics and first responders performed CPR on the victim, per the SFFD.<\/p>\n The driver of the vehicle reportedly remained on the scene and cooperated with police, and neither alcohol nor drugs appear to be a factor in the crash. <\/p>\n The collision is being investigated by the SFPD’s Traffic Collision Investigation Unit.<\/p>\n