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Biker Hit in the Western Addition

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) –A man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after getting into an accident while on his bicycle Monday afternoon.

The 26-year-old man was biking south on Gough Street in the Western Addition near the intersection of McAllister Street when he crashed into the back of a car.


The driver of the car was also going south on Gough when she stopped and switched on her turn signal to pull into a parking space.

That’s when the biker crashed into the woman’s car.

The biker was taken to the hospital to be treated for a head trauma, internal bleeding, a punctured lung and fractured ribs.

The driver of the car remained at the scene, and cooperated with police.