San Francisco police officers arrested a woman suspected of striking and killing a man with a car in the Tenderloin in the dead of night Sunday, the department said.<\/p>\n
Officers went to Ellis Street between Polk Street and Van Ness Avenue at 1:06 a.m. on Sunday to investigate a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian, the San Francisco Police Department said. The officers found an injured man on the street, rendered aid and took him to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n
The man, whose identity is unknown at this time, was declared dead at the hospital. <\/p>\n
The driver had fled the scene before officers arrived, the department said. But officers then \u201ctraced the vehicle\u2019s location to Treasure Island,\u201d and went to the site. California Highway Patrol officers had already pulled over the driver, an adult woman, \u201cfor an unrelated traffic violation,\u201d the department said.<\/p>\n
SFPD officers then told their California Highway Patrol counterparts about the fatal collision, and that the woman and vehicle were connected to it. The officers \u201cdeveloped probable cause,\u201d and arrested the woman. The vehicle was towed for evidence, the department said.<\/p>\n
The woman was booked into county jail for homicide. Her identity was not released. The department\u2019s homicide unit is leading the investigation.<\/p>\n