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Sep 29, 2008 7:54 pm US/Pacific

Speeding Car Kills SF Pedestrian On Mission Street

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / AP / BCN) ― A 27-year-old San Francisco man was killed on a Mission District sidewalk Monday when a car being driven out of control, jumped a curb and hit him, police said.

The San Francisco medical examiner's office identified the victim as Gaspar Caballero-Sanchez. After being struck, he was taken to San Francisco General Hospital where he later died.

The car's driver, 35-year-old Jason Yantas, was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and driving under a revoked or suspended license, SFPD Sgt. Neville Gittens said.

According to witnesses, Yantas' gold two-door Jaguar convertible was speeding north on Mission Street between 21st and 22nd streets about 8 a.m.

The observers told police that the car jumped the curb and took out four parking meters before it hit the pedestrian, knocked him in the air and then rammed into a tree.

Yantas was arrested in the hospital, where he was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries, Gittens said.

The crash remained under investigation.



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