4 people hospitalized after driver crashes into pedestrians, barbershop

Publish Date: 2021/12/18

SAN DIEGO, CA – Four people were hospitalized after a driver collided with a group of people walking on the sidewalk in downtown San Diego this afternoon, according to information from the Times of San Diego.

The crash happened in the 1600 block of Sixth Avenue at 12:16 p.m., after a 72-year-old driver crashed into a tree in front of a barbershop as well as the building itself. She also struck a group of three pedestrians walking on the sidewalk nearby.

The three pedestrians were taken to the hospital with undisclosed injuries.

The driver was also hospitalized after the crash.

The crash caused about $10,000 in damage to the barbershop.

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