RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 1 : USA - Vehicle Accident

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Situation Update No. 1 Posted:2010-04-07, 03:06:35 [UTC] Ref.no.: VI-20100407-25601-USA Situation Update No. 1 On 2010-04-07 at 03:37:40 [UTC] Event: Vehicle Accident Location: USA State of California San Francisco Number of Injured: 15 person(s) Situation: San Francisco Municipal Railway officials reported an accident Tuesday afternoon involving an F-Market streetcar and 10-Townsend bus, injuring 15 people. The accident occurred around 4:40 p.m. at Market and Second streets, and the initial assessment is that the rail car hit the bus, which in turn ran into a private vehicle. 10 of the people injured were treated at the scene and the other five were transported to a local hospital with non life-threatening injuries. Traffic was snarled in the area for much of the afternoon, including a pileup of Muni buses, as police investigated the scene. Muni provided bus shuttles for those stuck in the area. Transportation officials said all aspects of the accident remain under investigation. Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu