Honda Civic sought after pedicab hit-and-run

The San Francisco Police Department is seeking assistance from the public help locate a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run along the Embarcadero on late Wednesday afternoon.

Approximately at 4:13 p.m., a gold/champagne color, Honda Civic 4-door sedan, traveling southbound near Sansome Street was swerving through traffic and hit a pedicab. That pedicab that was hit by the vehicle collided with another pedicab.

SFPD released a nine-second video from footage of Muni a vehicle.

The collision occured southbound at Embarcadero and Sansome Street, according to police.

A 66-year-old male driving the first pedicab was seriously injured in the collision and remains in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. The 32-year-old driver of the second pedicab was not injured.

Police said the first pedicab was driving a 32-year-old female and her five-year-old daughter and the second pedicab was driving a 33-year-old male and his eight-year-old daughter.

All of the passengers went to the hospital with injuries that were not life threatening. The passengers are members of a family who are visiting from Canada.

Anyone with any information or footage of the collision are asked to call the SFPD 24-hour tip line at (415) 575-4444 or Text a Tip to TIP411 and begin the message with SFPD.

Jerold Chinn

Jerold serves as a reporter and San Francisco Bureau Chief for SFBay covering transportation and occasionally City Hall and the Mayor's Office in San Francisco. His work on transportation has been recognized by the San Francisco Press Club. Born and raised in San Francisco, he graduated from San Francisco State University with a degree in journalism. Jerold previously wrote for the San Francisco Public Press, a nonprofit, noncommercial news organization. When not reporting, you can find Jerold taking Muni to check out new places to eat in the city.