Car Crash on DeHaro
[From Len B.]
I wanted to tell you about an accident with a possible stolen car involved on DeHaro St. Total of 5 cars. One truck serious damage.
Apparently a Saturn was coming down the hill on De Haro headed toward 20th st at 3:30AM Saturday morning. They lost control, swerved to the right and glanced off two park cars bumpers before crashing into a Jeep Cherokee. The Cherokee and the Saturn then crashed into my pickup truck. The Jeep was pushed sideways about 8 feet and when the two vehicles impacted the side of my truck, they moved it 3 feet sideways.
Keep in mind that my truck is a Ford F350 Dually weighing around 11,000 lbs.
There were no signs of ant attempt to stop the Saturn.
We heard the crash in front of the house at 863 DeHaro. But by the time we got outside to see what was going on the driver of the Saturn had abandoned the car, with it still running in drive and fled the scene on foot.
Police arrived, assumed the Saturn was stolen and had it towed.
The Saturn was running with no key in the ignition switch and was registered in Oakland.
Unfortunately there was no sign of injury to the driver or his possible passenger.
I am becoming very concerned about the neighborhood crime. We have had our jeep broken in to on two occasions. Our neighbor had both his cars broken into over the last week.
Everyone you talk to in the neighborhood has some story of theft or vandalism. What do we do to stop this stuff?
I wanted to tell you about an accident with a possible stolen car involved on DeHaro St. Total of 5 cars. One truck serious damage.
Apparently a Saturn was coming down the hill on De Haro headed toward 20th st at 3:30AM Saturday morning. They lost control, swerved to the right and glanced off two park cars bumpers before crashing into a Jeep Cherokee. The Cherokee and the Saturn then crashed into my pickup truck. The Jeep was pushed sideways about 8 feet and when the two vehicles impacted the side of my truck, they moved it 3 feet sideways.
Keep in mind that my truck is a Ford F350 Dually weighing around 11,000 lbs.
There were no signs of ant attempt to stop the Saturn.
We heard the crash in front of the house at 863 DeHaro. But by the time we got outside to see what was going on the driver of the Saturn had abandoned the car, with it still running in drive and fled the scene on foot.
Police arrived, assumed the Saturn was stolen and had it towed.
The Saturn was running with no key in the ignition switch and was registered in Oakland.
Unfortunately there was no sign of injury to the driver or his possible passenger.
I am becoming very concerned about the neighborhood crime. We have had our jeep broken in to on two occasions. Our neighbor had both his cars broken into over the last week.
Everyone you talk to in the neighborhood has some story of theft or vandalism. What do we do to stop this stuff?
4 Comments:
There used to be a police station at 20th and 3rd.
I think crime has gotten worse since the station moved to Bay View.
This increase in crime is worrisome. It seems like if the neighborhood works together at this early stage, the problem could be manageable.
My first thought on this is that the neighborhood form a petition to the police department to get more night patrol on the hill. I see lots of cruisers in the day (albeit most of them are at Thinkers Cafe) but see very few at night, when most of the crime is taking place.
A second thought is getting some "crime watch" signs put up. Don't know if they help, but the process of getting them put in could raise resident awareness to the problem and create a feeling of community responsibility.
Any thoughts?
What does a 'crime watch' actually entail? How much work? Who works? etc.
thx!
This type of crime problem is a regular problem; there is a police representative present at the beginning of every meeting of the Potrero Boosters, at 7 p.m. on the last Tuesday of every month. Meetings are at the Neighborhood House at the top of De Haro Street. Police will address your questions and tell you what you can do to minimize problems. Come to the meeting, have a cup of coffee and meet your neighbors. Boosters recently had a presentation by the SAFE Neighborhood organization that sponsors "Neighborhood Watch." It's free and fairly easy. Call them at 415-673-SAFE or 415-553-1984 and they'll send you a brochure and do a free interview with you and/or neighbors about organizing to reduce crime. Their website is www.sfsafe.org. There is a similar organization called Neighborhood Safety Partnership, website: www.sfnsp.org.
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