Nine people were injured, four seriously, after an elderly man crashed through a fence, hit two cars and several pedestrians at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater Saturday night.
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The incident occurred just after 6:45 p.m., according to the Irvine Police Department.
EMS personnel tend to concert-goers at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Irvine, California, on September 8, 2016.
Police investigating a vehicle crash outside Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre that injured nine people and damaged a police cruiser found no evidence of drug or alcohol use, authorities said Sunday. A man in a vehicle caused a chain-reaction crash.
The force of the collision pushed the police auto into a grassy area near the box office, where several people were picnicking before a concert.
The impact of the crash propelled the police vehicle onto the grass area near the box office where concert-goers were picnicking before the concert.
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Five people were taken to hospitals including four traumas and one with minor injuries, said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Alan Wilkes.
