{"id":479229,"date":"2026-09-29T09:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T09:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/479229\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T09:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T09:34:15","slug":"friends-muscle-up-money-for-woman-injured-by-pacific-beach-boardwalk-driver-nbc-7-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/479229\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends muscle up money for woman injured by Pacific Beach boardwalk driver \u2013 NBC 7 San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"

A GoFundMe page has been set up for 25-year-old Olivia, who was hit by a man driving a stolen Tesla onto the Pacific Beach boardwalk<\/a> earlier this month. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe always just had this amazing aura around her of this happiness and just good vibes,\u201d said Ocean Pacific Gym employees, LuAnn Wendt.<\/p>\n

Olivia is the woman identified by staff at Ocean Pacific Gym as a cherished member and the person hospitalized for days following the incident.<\/p>\n

“She was simply taking a walk for a lunch break and life changed in a second. Olivia suffered two broken ribs and two fractured vertebrae,” said Ocean Pacific Gym owner, Kent Cornell in a social media post.<\/p>\n

Looking to capitalize on the compassion of the community he’s built over the past five years, Cornell is hoping to capitalize on the compassion of his gym community.<\/p>\n

He and his team launched an online fundraising page on Monday where he donated $5,000.<\/p>\n

The money raised is part of an effort to help smooth Olivia\u2019s return to the active life she led, that included: strength training, tennis and Lagree, a specialized Pilates workout.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet this girl get all the therapy she needs, and she’s one of the community members, and, you know, it’s kind of a beautiful thing when the community comes together and takes care of one of its own,” said Cornell.<\/p>\n

Olivia’s gym family is not only trying to muscle up enough money to help support her for the next six months.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe’s just a light, and we miss her, we want to see her back here, and we want to see her shining again,” said Wendt.<\/p>\n

They\u2019re hoping she will be able to lend her light as a Lagree instructor when she’s back on her feet and certified.<\/p>\n

The man accused of stealing the Tesla, Juan Antonio Gonzaba,\u00a0pleaded not guilty a couple of weeks ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The district attorney’s office says he has a lengthy criminal history. If convicted, he could face 24 years in prison.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A GoFundMe page has been set up for 25-year-old Olivia, who was hit by a man driving a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[12258,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-479229","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\/479229","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=479229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}