SAN FRANCISCO—On Saturday morning on October 4, 2025, at 2:10 am, at Cortland Avenue and Anderson Street, according to nearby business street-facing video camera footage, a speeding silver sedan collided at Cortland Avenue with 30-year-old Nepali male pedestrian, Binod Budhathoki, who just came back to San Francisco from celebrating Dashain festival, a Hindu religious festival.

The driver of the sedan did not stop although police officers had been searching the area for both the vehicle and the driver. He was taken to a local San Francisco hospital, where he later succumbed to his fatal injuries, leaving behind an eight-year-old daughter. After the driver hit Budhathoki, there was a ‘thudding’ impact.

The Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and medical staff were at the scene where the

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