Cable Car Hits Truck; 10 Hurt

At least 10 people were injured today when a cable car packed with people collided with the rear of a truck stopped at a red light in a light drizzle, authorities said.

Transit spokesman Alan Siegel said ambulances and fire trucks were summoned to the scene at the intersection of Hyde and Bay streets, a few blocks from the popular tourist attractions on Fisherman’s Wharf. Witnesses told police that the cable car, which normally moves at a fixed top speed of 9 1/2 m.p.h., seemed to pick up speed as it moved down one of the steepest hills on the line. It struck the rear of an electric repair truck at 11:24 a.m.