Daly City patrol vehicle hits, injures 2 cyclists in San Francisco

The San Francisco Fire Department said two cyclists were struck and seriously injured by a Daly City police patrol car on Monday.

Around 2:20 p.m., San Francisco fire crews received a call that two people on bikes had been hit by a patrol vehicle near Velasco Avenue and Accacia Street, which is in the city's Visitacion Valley area.

Both cyclists were taken to the hospital and were in serious condition, SF Fire said.

According to Daly City police, the officer was driving westbound on Velasco Avenue when he struck an e-bike that was turning onto Velasco from the northbound direction. There were two people on the e-bike, police said. One of them is 18, and the other is 19. 

Daly City police said there was no police pursuit at the time, and that San Francisco police are investigating the crash.