Stop Signs, Streetlight and Parked Car Become Collateral Damage in Downtown Crash

A driver took out two stop signs and a streetlight and crashed into a parked car on Monday evening in a close-call downtown accident.

The driver was transported to a nearby hospital with unknown injuries, but no one else was injured.

Police didn't provide any more details about the crash, which occurred about 5:30 p.m. at San Mateo and Sylvan avenues, except for the fact that the driver reportedly hit another vehicle near .

The accident startled patrons at —near where the driver ran into the car—and drew a lot of curious onlookers.

Resident Frank Oneto said he was in the bar having tea when he and the other customers felt the walls vigorously shake.

"We thought it was an earthquake or something, the way that that wall shook," Oneto said.

When he went outside, he saw a pickup truck on the sidewalk pierced into the passenger-side of his 1994 Mustang, which he had just bought a month ago and was fixing up to sell to someone.

The Mustang was parked in a row among the three other cars that he owns: a 1985 van, a lowrider pickup truck and a 1951 Plymouth, which was parked in front of the Mustang.

"I had it sold already, but now she ain't gonna want it all wrecked up because that's why I rebuilt it for her," Oneto said of the pending sale of the Mustang.

He thought about the damage to the car for a moment longer and said he might try to fix it up again.

"But the quarter panel is really screwed up," he added.