San Francisco, CA – On New Year’s Eve, 27-year-old Hanako (Hana) Abe and another woman, identified as 60-year-old Elizabeth Platt, were killed while crossing the street in San Francisco’s South of Market district, at Second and Market Streets.

SFPD officers said the women were struck by a parolee driving a stolen car. Reportedly, 45-year-old Troy McAllister, who was on parole for robbery, was speeding and ran a red light, struck another vehicle and and then lost control of the vehicle he was driving, which slammed into the two women and killed them. Abe’s family said that the two women didn’t know each other.

McAllister fled the scene but was [...]