Bay to Breakers – Man falls from roof
On Sunday May 19th, a 28-year old man died after he fell off a fourth story roof during a Breaker party. David Hamzeh, who worked at the San Francisco online marketing company DemandForce died at the San Francisco General Hospital. The incident occurred around 3:30pm on the 2040 block of Fell street.
According to party-goers Hamzeh had been drinking at the 2040 Fell street party before he fell off the apartment building’s roof. The police have reported the fall to be an accident.
Neighbor Henry Hutchinson, said a few dozen people were attending the party, he noticed Hamzeh’s fall when he noticed a crowd screaming when he was sitting in his living room. Police arrived within minutes and began to administer CPR.
This year the Bay to Breakers took precaution and borrowed a bomb squad from Walnut Creek in order to stiffen security along the route. The Boston Marathon bombing caused San Franscico security to outlaw large backpacks from the race course this past weekend. Runners were reminded to report any suspicious behavior before starting the race. San Francisco officials arrested 21 people for public intoxication, one for possession of a firearm, one for a robbery during the event, 16 people were taken into sobering centers, 20 house-parties were notified to end their breaker festives.
