Dive summary:

• A cyclist in San Francisco was hit and killed yesterday by a Recology garbage truck that turned into the cyclist without seeing him.
• The cyclist and driver were driving parallel when the driver, not seeing the cyclist, turned right and hit the cyclist, dragging the bike for a block before being alerted by other pedestrians to what had happened.
• The names of the driver or victim have not been released but police say they don’t think either drugs or alcohol were involved.

From the article:

The garbage-truck driver continued a short distance on South Van Ness, said a witness, 29-year-old Jorge Marquez of San Bruno, but stopped after people on the street alerted him to what had happened.

The bicyclist, who was not wearing a helmet, died at the scene, police said. His bike was dragged for one block, finally coming loose at 17th Street and South Van Ness.

The truck driver was cooperating with investigators, police said. They said drugs or alcohol were not suspected factors in the crash. ...