{"id":91253,"date":"2025-12-12T04:31:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T04:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/91253\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T04:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T04:31:15","slug":"8-high-school-track-athletes-injured-during-training-run-after-car-veers-onto-sidewalk-in-suspected-dui-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/91253\/","title":{"rendered":"8 high school track athletes injured during training run after car veers onto sidewalk in suspected DUI crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of high school athletes was mowed down by a suspected drunk driver in broad daylight during a routine training run in California on Wednesday afternoon, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>Eight students with Anaheim High School\u2019s track and field team were injured in the harrowing midday collision, leaving parents at the school shocked at the horrifying wreck. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s heartbreaking. The first thing I did was call both of my boys to make sure they were all right. I know most likely they are going to know some of the students,\u201d dad of of the students, Eddie Martinez told <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/california\/dui-suspected-after-car-veers-into-high-school-track-team-in-southern-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">KTLA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5015015;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37907141\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765513875_159_251211-Anaheim-rs-ff848a.jpg\" alt=\"An orange car involved in an accident, with police and firefighters on scene.\" class=\"wp-image-37907141\"  \/>Seven students were hospitalized after a car plowed into them during a routine track practice. KNBC<\/p>\n<p>The squad of runners was waiting near a crosswalk on a bustling street in Anaheim, Calif. when a car swerved onto the sidewalk and slammed into them, according to a news release from the Anaheim Police Department .<\/p>\n<p>The orange Toyota Corolla, was being driven by 27-year-old Anthony Alva-Palafox, who authorities claimed \u201cdisplayed objective signs of intoxication\u201d at the scene, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Alva-Palafox and seven of the students were hospitalized and treated for varying injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic camera footage obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/anaheim-possible-dui-car-crash\/3814242\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">NBC Los Angeles<\/a> showed the car cruising through a green light before drifting onto the crosswalk and slamming into the team. He barreled through them and collided with a low brick wall, which crumbled against the force of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The team consisted of both boys and girls between 16 and 17 years old. They were accompanied by their adult coach, who was not injured, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37907146\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Anthony-Alva-Palafox.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Alva-Palafox.\" class=\"wp-image-37907146\"  \/>Anthony Alva-Palafox, 27, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of both alcohol and drugs.  Anaheim Police Department<\/p>\n<p>California Rep. Lou Correa assured in an update on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepLouCorrea\/status\/1998937568336089238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">X<\/a> that \u201call of the students appear to be recovering, with one student still waiting for results of additional medical tests.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur prayers are with the families,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-8505b7\">Alva-Paladox was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of both alcohol and drugs. A search warrant for his impounded vehicle is pending, police said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A group of high school athletes was mowed down by a suspected drunk driver in broad daylight during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,7,15857,11077,2044,30936,3586],"class_list":["post-91253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-california","tag-car-crashes","tag-dui","tag-high-school-sports","tag-student-athletes","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91253","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=91253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}