Dramatic dashcam videos from a Tesla showed a truck plowing into a security guard station in front of a gated community in Discovery Bay.
The impact killed one security guard and caused major injuries to a second guard, according to the California Highway Patrol.The Tesla video showed the newer model Hyundai Santa Cruz truck speeding down the center lawn before the crash.Witnesses said the two guards had very little time to react and no time to abandon the guard shack.
on Balfour Road, in front of the gated community called The Lakes.Officers said alcohol did not appear to be a factor. They were investigating why the teenager drove onto the grass for roughly the length of half of a football field and never stopped.'I'm just baffled with so much room on the left side, so much room on the right side ,' said Pastor Burns.'It's just really sad that this keeps happening,' said Linda Sarros, a resident of The Lakes.
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