At Least 8 Injured After Driver Appears To Deliberately Plow Into Crowd in California
The Latest on eight people injured in Northern California after a car plowed into them:
7:30 a.m.
The FBI says it’s assisting California officials in the investigation of a motorist who appeared to deliberately plow into a group of people, injuring eight.
Prentice Danner, a spokesman for the FBI’s field office in San Francisco, says the Sunnyvale Police Department is the lead agency in the investigation.
But Danner says that if it is determined a federal crime was committed, the bureau will become more involved.
Sunnyvale Police Cpt. Jim Choi says the driver of the car was arrested and has been identified but that his name is not being made public to avoid compromising the investigation.
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6:30 a.m.
Authorities in Northern California say a man was arrested after he appeared to deliberately plow into a group of people, injuring eight, but that a motive is still under investigation.
Sunnyvale Police Cpt. Jim Choi tells KPIX-TV that witnesses told investigators the motorists was speeding and drove directly toward the pedestrians without trying to veer away or stop the car before striking the pedestrians Tuesday night.
Choi says some of the eight people injured were at a corner or on the crosswalk and that officials have no indication the motorists tried to avoid them. The department says the crosswalk remains closed Wednesday as officials investigate.
He says officials are looking into whether the driver was having a medical emergency or purposely hit the pedestrians.
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12:00 a.m.
Authorities say eight people have been injured after a motorist appeared to deliberately plow into them in Sunnyvale.
The Bay Area city’s Department of Public Safety says it happened Tuesday evening.
Eight people were taken to the hospital, including a 13-year-old boy.
There’s no word on their condition or a motive for the apparent attack.
The driver was taken into custody after the car smashed into a tree.
KGO-TV reports that witnesses say the man apparently made no effort to stop before hitting the pedestrians.
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