S.F. cable car conductor hit by vehicle in Chinatown

A San Francisco cable car conductor was injured Monday morning in a vehicle crash in Chinatown, police and firefighters said.

The motorist hit the cable car near the intersection of Powell and Washington streets around 10:30 a.m., police said.

The conductor was taken by ambulance to a hospital. His condition was not immediately known, but police said he had a leg injury.

Someone at the scene reported the man may have crawled out from underneath a vehicle, said Mindy Talmadge, a fire agency spokeswoman.

No one else was reported injured. Authorities were working to determine the circumstances of the wreck.

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