The State - News from Dec. 21, 1988

The grip man on a San Francisco cable car that crashed into the end of the line, injuring 11 people, will be on injury leave pending the outcome of an investigation, officials said. Marcus Lee, 43, a 15-year veteran of the San Francisco Municipal Railway, said he was knocked unconscious in the mishap and does not remember what happened. He could face disciplinary charges, spokesman George Newkirk said. “It depends on what we determine after (we learn why) it took him several days to come in,” Newkirk said. Lee had disappeared after the accident and did not go to the office to fill out an accident report until three days later. Newkirk also said investigators had determined the probable cause of the mishap but could not reveal it yet “because of the possibility of litigation.”