Truck hits pedestrian, crashes into San Francisco furniture store

A truck hit four parked cars and a pedestrian before crashing into a furniture store in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood on Friday afternoon, officials confirmed. 

San Francisco Police officers responded to a report of a vehicle colliding into a building at Roche Bobois furniture store on 8th and Townsend streets at 4:52 p.m. on Friday, an SFPD spokesperson told SFGATE. After arriving, officers found the vehicle stopped inside the building with its driver unresponsive inside. 

Roche Bobois’ showroom manager Hannah Kim said that the truck crashed into the store’s front doors and one of its windows, landing in a spot where an employee and client had been standing only minutes prior. Thankfully, she said, a pole prevented the truck from travelling further into the store. 

“Luckily, very little clients and team were in the showroom at the time of the incident,” Kim told SFGATE. 

Those who were at the scene called 911 immediately after the crash, and first responders were quick to arrive, Kim said. She added that the driver was not breathing when responders pulled him out of the truck. First responders administered medical aid to the driver before transporting him to a hospital for non-life threatening injuries and detaining him for further investigation, according to SFPD. 

Prior to crashing into the store, the suspect struck four parked cars, one of which was occupied, SFPD said. The occupants of that vehicle suffered non-life threatening injuries which were treated at the scene. The suspect then struck a pedestrian, who was located by officers and transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. 

Employees at Roche Bobois have boarded up the doors and window that were damaged in the crash, Kim said. Though the store will still need to contend with the cost of damaged merchandise, it remains open for business. 

“Back to business, regular programming. We need all the business we can get,” Kim said.