22-year-old SF State student identified as man who died in 280 crash

The San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has identified a San Francisco State University student who died earlier this month after his car went down an embankment on Interstate 280. Alex Kauffman, a 22-year-old Alameda resident, died on March 9, the office confirmed to SFGATE. The crash happened at about 2:08 a.m. on the northbound 280 freeway, near Mission Street in San Francisco, Mark Andrews, a spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol, told SFGATE. The vehicle ended up on the opposite side of the road, Andrews said. The...