Kite surfer in critical condition after being blown onto San Francisco highway, hit by car

A kite surfer at a San Francisco beach was caught in a huge gust of wind and dragged across a parking lot on to a highway, where he was hit by a car and critically injured, police said. The man was setting up his rig at the edge of the water on Friday afternoon at Ocean Beach when the wind caught him and took him onto the Great Highway, city police said in a statement. Winds of about 35 mph with gusts approach 50 mph were blowing on the beach at the time.
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