SAN FRANCISCO
Lee Heidhues 12.11.2025
And people ask why do drunk drivers literally get away with murder?
Let’s Talk about being rewarded for criminal behavior.
It is unconscionable that a drunken driver engaged in one of the most sordid, cowardly and shameful crimes. Hit and run.
The perpetrator ran over an 88 year old woman on increasingly dangerous Streets of San Francisco. She died.
The SFPD finally corralled the perp. What does the Judge do? Grants ‘home detention’ until the Trial. Blowing off the District Attorney’s Motion to keep this killer in jail until Trial.
San Francisco Chronicle 12.11.2025
A man suspected in an Ingleside hit-and-run that killed an 88-year-old woman in October has been charged with murder, prosecutors said Thursday.
Prosecutors asked that Le be held without bail while awaiting trial, but a judge ruled that he would be released to home detention with electronic monitoring, officials said.
Hai Van Le, 48, faces additional charges involving driving under the influence and leaving the scene of the crash. He was arraigned Wednesday and pleaded not guilty, according to the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.
On the evening of Oct. 26, victim Lau Sim Lui was struck by a driver at the intersection of Ocean and Ashton avenues. Police arrived at the scene just after 6:40 p.m. and found the woman on the ground in a crosswalk.
Medics declared Lui deceased at the scene a few minutes later, from what officials later said was a severe head injury.
A witness at the scene provided police with dashboard footage of the incident, which showed Le’s vehicle stopped at a red light and then proceeding through the intersection after the light turned green, prosecutors said.
The vehicle is then seen running over Lui, who was in the opposite crosswalk, officials said. Officials said the video shows the vehicle’s brake lights briefly activating before the driver continues east on Ocean Avenue.
MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN CONNECTION TO FATAL DUI HIT AND RUN
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