Update: The victim was identified on Tuesday as 88-year-old Lau Sim Lui of San Francisco, authorities said. Hai Le, 48, was arrested and booked into county jail on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, driving under the influence and hit and run, SFPD announced via social media.
A person was killed after being struck by a vehicle while crossing Ocean Avenue at Ashton on Sunday evening.
The incident occurred around 6:42 p.m. in front of 24 Hour Fitness.
Despite CPR and other life-saving measures by first responders, the victim died on the scene. San Francisco Fire Department personnel alerted the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to the case. An investigator with the medical examiner's office arrived around 8 p.m.
K-Ingleside light rail service was suspended to preseve the crime scene. | Alex Mullaney/Ingleside Light
A witness cooperating with San Francisco Police Department officers by sharing dashcam footage of the incident told The Light that the driver drove a dark-colored sedan through the intersection without hesitation.
The police department's on-call public information officer was not immediately available to provide more information. Investigators took over the scene.
Jose Daniel said he was driving by on a scooter when the incident happened.
San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner personnel arrive on scene. | Alex Mullaney/Ingleside Light
"I just heard a little scream and a bump," Daniel said. "That's all there was to it. And then 30 minutes later, as I'm eating [inside That's Amore SF] on the far end of the restaurant, I look out the window and see a bunch of tape and an ambulance."
Police announced on social media that they arrested the suspect around 9:49 p.m.
"Through the course of the investigation, officers located the vehicle and a possible suspect near the 500 block of Shield Street. Officers detained the suspect for further investigation," the department wrote
Alex Mullaney founded The Ingleside Light in 2008 during the peak of San Francisco's great tradition of neighborhood newspapers. He is the publisher and editor.
