The lanes of 19th/Crossover Avenue in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park have reopened after a large eucalyptus tree fell on five vehicles there Monday afternoon, San Francisco Department of Emergency Management announced at 9:40 p.m.

The fire department was dispatched to the scene at 3:54 p.m. after a tree fell at Crossover and Martin Luther King, Jr. drives.

At 4:40 p.m., the fire department said that 11 people, some of which were children, were safe, and two had injuries that were not considered life-threatening. 

Most all lanes of 19th Avenue were closed at the site for several hours, except for one northbound lane, which backed up traffic in the area considerably. The city said drivers should expect residual delays.

Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.