Man, 87, struck and killed in S.F. crosswalk

Photo: Google Maps An 87-year-old man was struck and killed while crossing Geary...

An 87-year-old man walking in a crosswalk was struck and killed Wednesday morning in San Francisco’s Richmond District, the city’s first pedestrian fatality in a vehicle crash this year, officials said.

City resident Alfred Yee was crossing Geary Boulevard northbound at 26th Avenue at 10:47 a.m. when a driver making a left turn from southbound 26th Avenue hit him, according to police. The intersection does not have signals.

Paramedics took Yee to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The driver, who was not identified, remained at the scene and was not cited by officers. Authorities were investigating the circumstances of the crash.

Yee is the first pedestrian to die in the city this year, though an average of three people are struck per day, according to Walk San Francisco, a nonprofit pedestrian advocacy group.

Geary Boulevard is a notoriously dangerous area for pedestrians, one of a small group of city streets that make up 60 percent of pedestrian deaths and serious injuries, the group said.

Staff of the nonprofit said one bicyclist and two motorcyclists had died this year in San Francisco crashes. On Thursday morning, a motorcyclist was killed after rear-ending a vehicle in San Francisco’s Sunset District, authorities said.

The rider, whose name was not immediately released, ran into the vehicle at 9:39 a.m. at 15th Avenue and Lincoln Way, said Mindy Talmadge, a San Francisco Fire Department spokeswoman.

Police performed CPR on the victim, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities were investigating the cause of the collision.

Evan Sernoffsky is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: esernoffsky@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @EvanSernoffsky