Jeep Overturns in Belmont Wreck

The scene at Ralston Avenue and Alameda on Sunday afternoon. Credit: Belmont Police Department.

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The following is a news release from the Belmont Police Department:

Traffic on both Ralston Avenue and Alameda de las Pulgas was snarled Sunday afternoon, when two vehicles collided in the intersection where the two roads cross, causing one to overturn. Neither driver was injured and both were wearing their seatbelts.

On Sunday Nov. 1, 2015 at approximately 12:45 p.m. Belmont police and fire units responded to a report of a collision with an overturned vehicle, in the intersection of Ralston Avenue and Alameda. Upon arrival, first responders found a white 1992 Honda hatchback in the intersection and a blue 2004 Jeep Liberty on its roof. Both drivers were wearing seatbelts at the time of the collision and neither were injured.

The driver of the Jeep, a 24-year-old Belmont woman, was extricated from the Jeep by Belmont firefighters without incident and was taken to an area hospital as a precaution, due to the nature of the collision.

The collision is under investigation, but the driver of the Honda, a 22-year-old Belmont woman, told officers that her brakes failed as she was going down hill, eastbound on Ralston Avenue approaching Alameda. She applied the emergency brake, but was unable to stop before colliding with the Jeep, which was southbound on Alameda going through the intersection.

The impact caused the Jeep to overturn and come to rest on its roof.