Local News in Brief : La Jolla
Fire destroyed three vehicles in La Jolla Tuesday night when a car traveling at high speed careened across a sidewalk and struck a parked motor home which then rammed another vehicle.
Police said a house in the 5OOO block of Soledad Mountain Road, where the motor home was parked, was damaged by the fire.
The driver of the speeding car, Marcia Thomas, 17, and a passenger Kelly Bennett, 16, were injured. Police said their car was traveling westbound on Soledad Mountain Road “at a high rate of speed” when the accident occurred at 7:04 p.m.
Thomas and Bennett were taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla were they were listed in good condition Tuesday night.
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