Crime & Safety
Random Shots: Car Overturns at Orinda BART
Police and Moraga-Orinda Fire District crews responded to an injury accident in front of the west entrance to Orinda BART Wednesday.
Police and firefighters responded to an injury accident in front of the entrance to Orinda BART Wednesday - finding an overturned car with two cans of gasoline aboard.
Witnesses say the accident occurred at around 3:35 p.m. Wednesday when a Honda Prelude made contact with at least one other car at the western entrance of the Orinda BART station and overturned.
The lone male driver was sitting up and talking when police and firefighters arrived. He was taken to John Muir Hospital with minor injuries. No other injuries were reported.
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Complicating the accident scene, firefighters said, was the presence of two 5 gallon containers of gasoline - believed used for a recreational sports vehicle of some kind - which were found in the car and removed.
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