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The crashes took place on state Highway 1 in an unincorporated part of southern San Mateo County near Pescadero; on Interstate 380 in San Bruno; and near downtown San Bruno, all between 4:30 and 11 p.m. Saturday, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The first crash, on Highway 1 by New Year’s Creek Road southwest of San Jose, involved a 1996 Honda Accord, a Toyota Matrix and two other vehicles, all of which overturned, according to the CHP.
Two of the cars collided head on, and Santiago Navor, 21, of Pescadero, who was in the Honda, and Steven Wolkoff, 30, of San Francisco, a passenger in the Toyota, died at the scene, according to authorities.
One more person involved in the crash was taken to Stanford Medical Center with unknown injuries, CHP Officer Peter Van Eckhardt said. A second, two-car crash involving only property damage happened in the same area shortly after, he said.
At 11 that evening, a 2005 Ford collided head-on with a 2008 Volkswagen on eastbound Interstate 380 by El Camino Real in San Bruno, according to the CHP. A pickup truck involved in the crash “flipped over a couple of times,” Van Eckhardt said.
The driver of the Volkswagen, Dekeisha Skaggs, 25, of Daly City, died at the scene and the Ford driver, a 28-year-old San Bruno man, was taken to San Francisco General Hospital with major injuries, according to the CHP. Both drivers were wearing their safety belts.
Between the two fatal crashes, a motorcyclist involved in a pursuit with CHP was injured after crashing on San Mateo and Sylvan avenues in downtown San Bruno at 8 p.m.
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Examiner Reader said:
I guess SF really doesn't want people to come to the City! What a load of crock. Nobody in the SF govt has any business sense. Great, kill the goose that lays the golden eggs (businesses and sales taxes).
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just shoot me said:
sweet - another friggin toll. I already pay $1000/month in commute costs.
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Examiner Reader said:
If there were a viable, reliable CLEAN option then people would be able to not drive. Without that option people must drive. Clean up MUNI, make it dependable and regular and co- ordinate with other transit agencies and people will want to get out of their cars. As it is if you are in a hurry or out of communte hours MUNI is not an option. Also, I am unclear why people love BART!. Signage is pathetic and it is NOT co-ordinated with MUNI or Golden Gate transit, what's the point? Take a look at NYC, London or Paris to get a look at what good transit systems are. Funny, their workers show up and they keep to a timetable. Maybe we could try doing that?
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Bruce Simmons said:
for one, I don't understand how it cost $30 million to instigate the deployment of traffic control officers and traffic cones. Second, how would diverting a traffic jam to El Camino Real alleviate anything. El Camino Real is already questionably jammed up at traffic time and the ensuing flood of motor vehicles would only spill the excess onto the various side streets around that road. Spend the $30 million where it's needed, on the school systems or homeless shelters.
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Examiner Reader said:
R.I.P. DeKeisha Skaggs! We will all miss you! -Jessica G. P.
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Examiner Reader said:
600 Million dollars? Much too expensive and way too late to fix the problem. By the time the road is built, no one will care because the people will be gone.
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Examiner Reader said:
These choke points have been around for over 30 years - and the drivers that dart into the lane and slam on their brakes that have not killed themselves are still endangering the rest of us! Leave the Baltimore area for good - I did 12 years ago and life is so much better since I don't have to deal with the crime or the local corporate societal ladder. I love to hear the companies complain about the lack of talent in the region. The problem is everybody in the Baltimore business district is trying to rape each other so what is left is table scraps for the locals - they don't have a problem hiring out of staters and paying them big bucks but if you are a local they hate the fact that they are reliant on you - especially if you are white and have a moral value system.
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ms jackson said:
All this money spent on highway dividers, anti smoking campaigns, youth violence intiatives, dietary labeling, unwanted pregnancies, anti suicide barriers, etc. could be saved by introducing a microscopic brain implant that would cause extreme pain and forced change of action any time somebody begins to behave in a way that creates any sort of societal problems. Of course, this would mean about 95 percent of huimanity would be constantly groaning in pain and apparently changing their minds!
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Examiner Reader said:
oh my gosh that is bad people need to start being more careful
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Examiner Reader said:
When someone does something like this, it not only saves lives, it leaves the rest of us with the knowledge that one of us did a great good thing. I'm so grateful for that knowledge. John Beatty is a really good man.
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San Francisco Voter said:
Wow. I knew there were at least a few good people around here.
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Mike Licht said:
>>Re: Study: Traffic costs D.C. $2B, Baltimore $1 billion annually<< Editorial decision to omit hyperlink to the actual study is a gross disservice to readers.
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William Cooke said:
Great race. Thanks Annapolis, Annapolis Police, and AA County Police.
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