Suspected DUI crash in Anaheim injures 8 high school track students

ANAHEIM, Calif. (KESQ) - Eight Anaheim High School track athletes were injured today when a car swerved off onto a sidewalk and struck them at an Anaheim intersection.

The students were waiting on the southwest corner of North Harbor Boulevard and North Street for the light to change and continue their run at about 2:55 p.m. when the driver swerved off the road and struck them, according to Anaheim police Sgt. Matt Sutter.

Eight students were taken to a hospital with varying degrees of injuries, Sutter said. The driver was a 27-year-old man from Anaheim who was suspected of driving under the influence, but had not been arrested as of late Wednesday afternoon, Sutter said.

The driver was also taken to a hospital to be treated, Sutter said.   

The team's coach was behind the students and was running up to them when the collision happened, Sutter said.