Peninsula Wrong-Way Driver Prompts Multiple Car Crash, Injuries: Police

SAN MATEO COUNTY, CA – A San Carlos man may have been suffering from a medical issue when he drove into oncoming traffic and his Honda collided with two other cars in Belmont on Thursday, police said.

Police and firefighters responded at 12:25 p.m. to the collision in the 1400 block of southbound El Camino where the man and another person were injured.

Police learned that the San Carlos man was driving a 1989 Honda Accord north in the 1500 block of El Camino when he crossed into the southbound lanes at the Harbor Boulevard intersection.

The Honda collided with a 2006 Lexus, which struck a 2016 Mazda, and then collided with a 2008 Subaru, which hit a 2015 Toyota that was parked on the side of the road. A 1998 BMW which was next to the Lexus and Mazda was sprayed with debris.

The Honda then spun out and came to rest in the intersection, police said.

The driver of the Honda and the driver of the Lexus were taken to hospitals with injuries not considered life-threatening. The Honda driver had to be cut from the car by Belmont, San Mateo and Foster City firefighters, who responded to the scene.

No one else was injured, according to police.

The cause of the collision is under investigation but it does not appear drugs or alcohol played a part, according to police.

Traffic on southbound El Camino was diverted for about two hours after the collision.

Anyone who saw the Accord just before it crossed into the southbound lanes is asked to call Belmont police at (650) 595-7430 or email them at police@belmont.gov.

– Bay City News Service / Images via Belmont PD