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1. 1 Fritz  on Aug 30th, 2006 at 12:32 pm

   A maniac went on a hit-and-run rampage in my area yesterday, running over pedestrians in Fremont and in San Francisco, killing one and putting several in the hospital.

   http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/30/MNGPOKRNUA71.DTL

   At California and Fillmore streets, witnesses said, three people were struck as the Pilot ran a red light and turned south toward Bush Street.

   “He was going berserk,” said Eliseo Billones Jr., 24.

   Dropping south of Bush Street, the Pilot bounced like a mad pinball along the streets and sidewalks, leaving a trail of blood.

   Police are still trying to reconstruct the sequence of mayhem, but the locations of the hit-and-run rampage were pieced together through the accounts of police and witnesses.

   Police Inspector Rich Alves said that at Webster and Sutter, the driver apparently tried to hit a pedestrian, an older Chinese man, but just clipped him. The victim was taken to the hospital with a hand injury — one of the lucky ones.

   At Frankie’s Bohemian Cafe, at Pine and Divisadero, the sound of thumps turned bartender Dan Fulford’s head.

   Outside, he saw a woman down in the crosswalk, weeping. Across the street at the 24 bus stop, a man lay in the gutter, holding the back of his head; another man held a license plate and watched the Pilot speed away.

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