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SF unveils ‘Officer Lewin-Tankel Way’ nearly 10 years after life-changing on-duty crash
Nearly 10 years after a former San Francisco police officer suffered life-altering injuries after being struck by a vehicle while on duty, dozens of officers and city leaders honored him Thursday by unveiling a new street sign named after him. In 2017, former officer Elia Lewin-Tankel was patrolling on a bicycle when a fleeing suspect […] The post SF unveils ‘Officer Lewin-Tankel Way’ nearly 10 years after life-changing on-duty crash appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, SF unveils ‘Officer Lewin-Tankel Way’ nearly 10 years after life-changing on-duty crash, Nearly 10 years after a former San Francisco police officer suffered life-altering injuries after being struck by a vehicle while on duty, dozens of officers and city leaders honored him Thursday by unveiling a new street sign named after him. In 2017, former officer Elia Lewin-Tankel was patrolling on a bicycle when a fleeing suspect […] The post SF unveils ‘Officer Lewin-Tankel Way’ nearly 10 years after life-changing on-duty crash appeared first on Local News Matters .
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