Walnut Creek Crash/Fight Leaves Damaged Cars, Debris Scattered Across North Main Street Thursday

A car and driver witnesses described as “really moving” turned the intersection of N. Main Street and Parkside in Walnut Creek into a demolition derby and UFC cage fight Thursday but – miraculously – resulted in no major injuries.

The incident was first reported by Flashers and others in the area at 11:54 a.m. when a red car with Arizona plates traveling south on N. Main Street veered out of control, careened through the intersection, struck at least two other vehicles before launching off a landscaping berm and pancaking in the middle of a Chevron gas station undergoing renovation at 2329 N. Main Street.

Two people – one of them the driver of the involved car – were injured but apparently not so severely that the driver of the offending car wasn’t able to escape from paramedics with protective neck collar in place and engage police in a contentious struggle in the middle of the crash scene.

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The unidentified driver was eventually restrained by several officers and handcuffed. What charges, if any, await him remain unknown for now. We believe he was taken to a nearby hospital for precautionary examination.

“I don’t know how fast he was going for sure but he was definitely moving,” reader Michael Hough told News24/680. “He glanced off a couple of cars on N. Main and set their airbags off before crashing into Chevron.”

Area businesses reported having captured events on their surveillance systems and offered video to police.

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