Medical Emergency Sends Man's Car Flying Out of Control in San Mateo, Injuring Two

By Bay City News Service:

A 64-year-old driver and his 12-year-old passenger were injured when the driver accidentally stomped on the gas pedal of their car, which sent it into the air and on top of another car in the parking lot of the Woodlake Shopping Center in San Mateo Tuesday morning, police said.

The black 1996 Lexus sedan was parked in the lot at 858 N. Delaware St. at about 7:40 a.m. with the 64-year-old man and 12-year-old boy seated inside. The driver suffered a medical emergency that made him hit the gas pedal and the car careened forward into a pillar, police said.

The force of impact was so hard that the Lexus then flew into the air and landed on a parked, unoccupied 2002 Hyundai sedan, police said.

The driver and passenger were both taken to the hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening.

The driver suffered facial injuries and the 12-year-old boy’s leg was broken, police said.

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