Driver who rammed into pedestrians in Sunnyvale, Calif., booked on eight counts of attempted murder, police say.
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — The Latest on eight people injured in Northern California after a car plows into them :Northern California authorities say they are holding a man on eight counts of attempted murder after he drove into a busy intersection in a Silicon Valley suburb.
Ngo said they have no motive for the crash, and there is no evidence linking Isaiah Peoples to known terrorist organizations.The mother of a Northern California man arrested after he allegedly plowed into a group of pedestrians, injuring eight, says her son is an Army vet who experienced post-traumatic stress disorder while serving in Iraq.
Sunnyvale Police Capt. Jim Choi says investigators are still trying to determine a motive in the crash Tuesday evening. The FBI says it is assisting with the probe. Draper says the driver was crouched over the steering wheel, unhurt. The car was hissing steam and the airbag had deployed.Later, he saw the driver had climbed out of his car and was lying face down on the grass outside.Police officers are at the apartment in Northern California of a man that authorities say appeared to deliberately plow into a group of people, injuring eight.
Choi says some of the eight people injured, including a 13-year-old girl, were at a corner or on the crosswalk when the car hit them before smashing into a tree.The FBI says it’s assisting California officials in the investigation of a motorist who appeared to deliberately plow into a group of people, injuring eight.
Sunnyvale Police Cpt. Jim Choi tells KPIX-TV that witnesses told investigators the motorists was speeding and drove directly toward the pedestrians without trying to veer away or stop the car before striking the pedestrians Tuesday night.
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