A large tree collapsed onto a San Francisco Muni bus at Otis and McCopin streets Sunday morning, causing service delays and route changes.
Warm, windy conditions kicked off San Francisco’s Indian Summer this weekend with temperature highs in the low-70s and open blue skies that filled the city with sunshine. Strong wind gusts of up to 20mph also accompanied this pleasant weather, blowing autumn leaves off and onto sidewalks.
But not just foliage fell at Gough and McCopin streets — a large tree tumbled, too. And it fell right on top of an operating Muni bus.
A post uploaded to Instagram by local artist and gallery owner Cabure Alejandro Bonugli shows a towering tree toppled over, its limbs and branches resting on San Francisco MUNI bus number 7261-7293. The electric trolleybus, which was built in 2017, was hobbled and left useless.
San Francisco City workers swarmed the 150 Otis bus stop soon after the driver reported the accident; the San Francisco Municipal Transit Agency (SFMTA) posted on X about the incident Sunday at 9:11 a.m., notifying people of bus delays and rerouting; the tree was cleared, and service resumed at 12:44 p.m., according to SFMTA.
SFMTA also reported a Muni-involved vehicle accident at 19th and Eucalyptus streets on Sunday that caused service hiccups.
