SUV Slams San Leandro Apartment Complex
SAN LEANDRO (CBS SF) - A woman who accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake while driving through a San Leandro apartment complex parking lot Monday morning crashed into a utility closet, severing a gas main, a fire department spokeswoman said.
The woman's Mitsubishi Montero Sport four-door SUV hit the Parkside Commons Apartments' gas main in the 900 block of 143rd Street around 8:15 a.m., Alameda County fire spokeswoman Aisha Knowles said.
Gas began leaking and about 30 residents were evacuated.
The high-pressure gas leak was hissing for nearly two hours before it was capped around 10 a.m., Knowles said. Residents have since been allowed to return home.
The woman's car had some front-end damage but the woman appeared uninjured, though she was "a little shaken up" from the crash, Knowles said.
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