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A man who was high on aerosol fumes crashed his car into a Ramona apartment building and injured a woman inside. (Photo: Channel 10 News)
A driver who apparently was high on aerosol fumes crashed his car into a Ramona apartment building on Friday and injured a woman who was standing inside.
• A 21-year-old driver who apparently inhaled aerosol fumes from a can of Dust-Off lost control of his car and slammed into the side of an apartment building.
• A woman who was inside the apartment was knocked down and seriously injured. She was airlifted to a hospital.
• The driver sustained a minor head trauma. He was arrested on felony DUI charges.
The accident occurred at about 11:30 a.m., according to a report in the Ramona Sentinel.
California Highway Patrol officer Brian Pennings said 21 year-old Charles Scott of Imperial was driving under the influence of an inhalant when he slammed a 2005 silver Ford Focus into the Canyon Crest Apartments at Day and La Brea street.
Witnesses told the CHP that they saw Scott in the Kmart parking lot on Main Street just before the accident.
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Paramedics prepare a victim to be airlifted after a car slammed into her apartment. (Photo: Ramona Sentinel | Karen Brainard)
“He almost ran over a lady and her baby,” Clark said, noting that she saw him talking to another man and show him a can of Dust-Off. Lacy Willis, who was with Clark in the Kmart lot, said Scott was “very incoherent.”
The two women called 911 and then followed Scott because they were concerned that he was going to cause an accident. Several other witnesses also told the CHP that Scott was speeding and driving erratically right before he crashed into the Canyon Crest apartments.
Jesus Montano, a landscaper who was four feet away from being hit by the car, told Channel 10 News the Focus was swerving wildly when it drove up to the two-story apartment building.
“You know, pretty much turning and trying to get control of the vehicle, but he never pressed on the breaks or anything,” Montano said. The car hit a street sign at the corner of La Brea and Day streets, careened into a parking lot, sideswiped a car in the lot, and then plowed into the apartment building, Pennings said.
Montano approached the car to see if he could help, but he said Scott looked dazed, as though he had no idea what was going on. The car smashed through the side of the building with such a forceful impact that it knocked down a woman who was standing in the kitchen on the other side of the wall.
The woman suffered moderate injuries and was airlifted to Palomar Medical Center in Escondido to be treated, according to a Ramona Patch news report. Scott, who was not wearing a seat belt, sustained a minor head injury and was taken to the same hospital via ground ambulance.
The accident damaged several apartments. Cal Fire emergency crew members told NBC News eight people were displaced by the accident. The American Red Cross responded to the scene to assist those victims with housing.
Scott was arrested on charges of felony driving under the influence, Penning said.
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