Burning Car Crashes Into SMC High School Building: Cops

PACIFICA, CA — Pacifica police are looking for the driver of a car that crashed onto a local high school campus while aflame. The Nissan 300Z came to a rest against the school's theater building, but fortunately no injuries were reported.

The incident happened around 10:10 p.m. Tuesday at Terra Nova High School, according to a news release from the Pacifica Police Department. When authorities got to the scene, they found the Nissan fully engulfed in flames.

"It appeared that the Nissan collided with an unoccupied parked vehicle on Terra Nova Boulevard before it drove down a hillside and onto the school grounds," police said. "The vehicle had come to rest against the Terra Nova High School theater."

North County Fire Authority crews arrived shortly afterward and put out the fire. No one was inside the car at that point and officers did not find the driver.

"Officers were able to locate a witness who saw the vehicle turn from Fassler Drive onto Terra Nova Boulevard," police said. "The witness advised the vehicle had been on fire as it approached Terra Nova [Boulevard]."

The witness could not identify the driver, police added.

Anyone with information about the case is encouraged to call Pacifica police at (650) 738-7314. People can leave anonymous tips at (650) 359-4444 or online at www.cityofpacifica.org/depts/police.

— Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone