SUV Strikes, Badly Injures Pedestrian On National City Roadside

NATIONAL CITY, CA — A pedestrian was seriously injured Tuesday when an SUV veered off a National City street and struck him before plowing into a business.

The woman driving the Toyota RAV4 lost control of it for unknown reasons in the 1300 block of East Plaza Boulevard, between Palm and Highland avenues, about 3:30 p.m., according to the National City Police Department.

The vehicle hit the man as he walked along the roadside, then crashed through a front window of a Discount Tire shop, winding up entirely inside the business, NCPD Sgt. Paul Hernandez told OnScene.TV.

Emergency personnel arrived to find the pedestrian bleeding heavily from a severe arm injury, Hernandez said. They applied a tourniquet at the scene before taking the victim to a hospital, Hernandez said.

No other injuries were reported.

The cause of the accident was under investigation, Hernandez said.

— City News Service