2 Injured When Car Plows Into La Jolla Diner

San Diego CA

12 May, 2021

7:39 PM

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SAN DIEGO, CA — Two people suffered minor injuries Wednesday when a vehicle veered off a La Jolla street and plowed into the back of a diner. The accident in the 7500 block of Girard Avenue occurred shortly before 10 a.m., according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. Medics took the victims to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. Emergency crews evacuated businesses on both sides of the restaurant due to a fumes escaping from a natural gas line ruptured in the crash. San Diego Gas & Electric was called in to deactivate the broken pipe. A city building inspector and county health-services personnel were dispatched to check the damaged structure for any public hazards resulting from the traffic accident. — City News Service