{"id":463766,"date":"2026-09-14T21:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T21:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/463766\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T21:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T21:48:13","slug":"tesla-drives-up-onto-pacific-beach-boardwalk-after-police-chase-injuring-woman-nbc-7-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/463766\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla drives up onto Pacific Beach boardwalk after police chase, injuring woman \u2013 NBC 7 San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"

A blue Tesla drove up onto the boardwalk near the 700 block on Thomas Ave in Pacific Beach around 12:40 p.m. Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

A 25 year-old woman was struck by an electric vehicle on the boardwalk near Reed and transported in critical condition, according to SDFD. <\/p>\n

Lifeguards initially responded, quickly followed by Fire and PD. A woman who jumped out of the way is currently being evaluated, according to SDFD. <\/p>\n

The car was a stolen vehicle that police were in pursuit of and the suspect is now in custody, according to San Diego police. <\/p>\n

Police blocked off Thomas Avenue at Mission Boulevard by Open Bar. They expect that the area will be shut down for 2 to 3 hours. <\/p>\n

“A lot of people dove out of the way very quickly and it really could have been so much worse,” said Candace Hadley, SDFD’s public information officer. <\/p>\n

“This is a very busy boardwalk, having someone drive through this area is incredibly frightening,” said Hadley.<\/p>\n

There were multiple witnesses of the car driving onto the boardwalk.<\/p>\n

“I was in the middle of the path and I launched myself off my bike,” said Alex, a beachgoer coming from Santee.<\/p>\n

“I just heard some sounds down there, commotion like something hit something and obviously he hit a gal over here, and so that was the sound that I heard. Then a moment later I see a navy blue Tesla flying by me at least 50 mph, trying to get away from the pursuit,” Miguel Valle, a witness, said.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t know what was going on, it was a lot of sand flying,” said another woman. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Bystanders<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tNBC San Diego | Ignacio Dominguez-CoronadoNBC San Diego | Ignacio Dominguez-Coronado<\/p>\n

Bystanders look onto the scene in Pacific Beach after a blue Tesla drove up onto the boardwalk near Baja Beach Cafe on Thomas Ave., Sept. 14, 2026. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Two<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tNBC 7 San Diego | Jeff HerreraNBC 7 San Diego | Jeff Herrera<\/p>\n

Two police cars sit on the boardwalk in Pacific Beach after a Tesla drove onto the boardwalk striking a woman, Sept. 14, 2026. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Miguel<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tNBC San DiegoNBC San Diego<\/p>\n

Miguel Valle
\n“I just heard some sounds down there, commotion like something hit something and obviously he hit a gal over here, and so that was the sound that I heard. Then a moment later I see a navy blue Tesla flying by me at least 50 mph, trying to get away from the pursuit.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tNBC 7 | SkyRanger 7NBC 7 | SkyRanger 7<\/p>\n

A blue Tesla sits on the boardwalk in front of the Baja Beach Cafe in Pacific Beach, Sept. 14, 2026.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story. Details may change as information is released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A blue Tesla drove up onto the boardwalk near the 700 block on Thomas Ave in Pacific Beach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[12258,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-463766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-pacific-beach","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}