Surveillance video captures a driver losing control and then crashing into a telephone pole in a Lakeside neighborhood. NBC 7’s Elena Gomez reports.
A woman could face charges of driving while intoxicated after crashing her car into a utility pole overnight in Lakeside. The entire crash was captured on surveillance camera.
In the video, a vehicle can be seen driving along Winter Gardens Boulevard north of Pepper Drive. The car crashes directly into a pole just before 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Witnesses said the woman behind the wheel got out of the wreckage and then ran to a house nearby with her dog.
A person who lives in the neighborhood called 911.
Emergency personnel took the driver to Alvarado Hospital. Officials say she suffered minor injuries.
Crews with San Diego Gas & Electric repaired the lines.
Animal Control employees took custody of the dog.
