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10 injured as car plow into bus stop in San Francisco

Xinhua, December 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

A car plowed into a Chinatown bus stop in San Francisco in west coast city of the United States Friday afternoon, injuring 10 people.

San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) posted a series of messages on its Twitter social media account showing the scene at Sacramento and Stockton streets.

Of those injured in the incident, seven were reportedly taken to the hospital, five were listed in serious conditions at San Francisco General Hospital.

San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin was quoted by NBC Bay Area News as saying that he was in the area and helped load a woman with apparently seriously injuries into the ambulance.

As shown in Twitter postings by SFPD and San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD), the vehicle, a Toyota sedan, was at the crushed bus shelter on the sidewalk on Stockton Street.

Police said the driver, a woman, remained at the scene and was cooperating with the investigation. Endit