#marin-county-accident

#marin-county-accident

The driver of the car, a 29-year-old woman, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder, GBH, dangerous driving and drink driving.

"This is a very large scene that's involving hundreds of possible witnesses," a sheriff's spokesperson told reporters in a televised briefing.

A grey Toyota mounted the kerb on Langs Road and struck two pedestrians just before 5pm, police said in a statement.

PG&E confirmed that a gas leak had occurred near that location. A spokesperson, Tamar Sarkissian, told us that a PG&E crew was on-site by 11:15 p.m. the night of April 9 and after working for about two hours, stopped the flow of gas as 'safely and as quickly as possible' - by 1:32 a.m. Friday morning.

Joanna Ruth Shields was found dead near Sykes Hot Springs, with marks on her body suggesting foul play. The Monterey County Sheriff's Office has deemed the death suspicious.

The suspect had just filled up with gas and was merging into traffic while partially blocking the sidewalk. The victim was walking on the sidewalk when he encountered the suspect's vehicle with the window down.

Six girls ages 14 to 16, who attended Archie Williams High School in San Anselmo, were riding in a Volkswagen SUV on San Geronimo Valley Road in unincorporated Marin County on April 18, 2025, when the driver hit a tree and the car burst into flames. Passengers Olive Koren, Sienna Katz, Josalynn Osborn and Ada Kepley died in the crash, and two people survived, including the driver.

Around 3:50 p.m., an officer assigned to the San Francisco Police Department's Community Violence Reduction Team tried to stop the suspect in the 800 block of 47th Street, SFPD said in a news release. The Oakland Police Department said the suspect was wanted for multiple felonies. The suspect attempted to flee and hit the officer with his vehicle, San Francisco police said. The officer was taken to an area hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.

On a Sunday evening in October, Robert Cydear, 78, pulled out of the parking lot at Santa Rosa's Friedman's Home Improvement to turn left on Santa Rosa Avenue when his vehicle collided with a patrol SUV driven by a Sonoma County sheriff's deputy. The deputy was southbound at the time, trying to to catch up with two suspected street racers when his 2023 Dodge Durango struck Cydear's white 2012 Ford Fusion, crushing its front end.

There was a crash early Friday morning at the edge of Pacific Heights in which an SFPD vehicle collided with a car while it was chasing down a different vehicle. As ABC 7 reports, the collision happened around 7:30 am at the intersection of Divisadero and Pine streets, following a chase that began in the area of Geary Boulevard and St. Joseph's Avenue, about six blocks away in Anza Vista.

OAKLAND - A 72-year-old man police said was walking in a traffic lane in North Oakland died Sunday evening after he was struck by a vehicle. The coroner's bureau identified the man Monday as Billy Grant, who lived in another part of Oakland. The fatal collision happened about 6:29 p.m. Sunday in the 6000 block of Claremont Avenue. Police said Grant for unknown reasons was walking in the southbound lane of traffic when a car driving southbound struck him. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced deceased.