A man fatally struck by a by a dump truck earlier this week in the Cole Valley/Parnassus Heights neighborhood has been identified by the San Francisco Medical Examiner’s Office.
The medical examiner identified the pedestrian as 70-year-old San Francisco resident Jose Chow.
San Francisco police said officers responded at about 8:44 a.m. to a report of a vehicle collision involving a pedestrian at Parnassus Avenue and Stanyan Street. Officers found a man suffering from injuries and provided first aid while medics arrived. Police said despite the life-saving efforts by officers and medics, the man died at the scene.
A dump truck was stopped at the scene a few feet away from the pedestrian and within a police yellow tape cordon. Police said the driver of the vehicle remained at the scene to speak with investigators and that neither drugs nor alcohol appeared to be a factor in the crash.
The pedestrian advocacy group Walk San Francisco held a vigil for Chow on Tuesday evening to call for more street safety measures to be implemented in the city.