Obituaries
Pedestrian Killed In San Francisco Identified
The man was a San Francisco resident. The driver, also a San Francisco resident, was arrested.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — A pedestrian fatally struck by a vehicle in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood on Tuesday morning has been identified by the city medical examiner's office as 50-year-old Mark Berman.
Berman, a San Francisco resident, died in the collision reported around 7 a.m. in the area of Geary Boulevard and Gough Street.
The driver, 26-year-old San Francisco resident Raja Whitfield, was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter, reckless driving, speeding, speeding, and entering a crosswalk on a red signal, police said.
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Berman died at the scene of the collision.
Whitfield cooperated with investigators at the scene before being hospitalized for injuries not considered life-threatening, then was booked into jail after his release from the hospital, according to police.
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The pedestrian advocacy group Walk San Francisco said following Berman's death that the case shows the need for red light cameras to be installed at dangerous intersections in the city.
"More red light cameras will save lives," Walk SF executive director Jodie Medeiros said in a news release. "They work day and night, and send a clear message that aggressive driving has no place here."
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