A late-night crash on a steep North Beach block left a scooter rider dead and another person injured after a driver backing a vehicle downhill struck them near Broadway and Kearny just after 11 PM yesterday. Paramedics declared one victim dead at the scene, while a second person was taken to a hospital and listed in stable condition. Officials had not released the identity of the person who died, and the circumstances of how the crash unfolded remain under investigation.
According to preliminary details from police reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, the collision occurred when a driver backing his vehicle downhill struck a scooter rider just after 11 PM. San Francisco Fire Capt. Jonathan Baxter told the paper that paramedics treated the scene and transported the surviving person to the hospital in stable condition. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that police had not immediately responded to requests for further comment…