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suspected driver was later arrested and his vehicle was seized,
a police spokesman said.
"We do not believe the general public is at risk," San Francisco
police spokesman Robert Rueca said at a news conference, calling
it an isolated incident.
The people were taken to Zuckerberg San Francisco General
Hospital and Trauma Center, where one died and one was in
critical condition, hospital spokesman Brent Andrew said. The
three others were in serious or fair condition.
Police declined to immediately discuss what might have led to
the incident. They initially said the driver plowed into the
five people after an altercation.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the people who were
hit had been trying to steal the driver's vehicle.
In video from the San Francisco affiliate of NBC, paramedics and
police could be seen attending to a person lying on the sidewalk
after the incident in San Francisco's Dogpatch neighborhood,
also known as the Central Waterfront.
Paul Lim, who works at a business in the area, told the San
Francisco Chronicle, "I saw two lifeless people from across the
street.
"Another one was being consoled by a friend screaming for help.
And another one was moving very slowly."
(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles, Gina Cherelus in
New York and Andrew Hay in New Mexico; Editing by Tom Brown and
Grant McCool)
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