A car crashed into a McDonald’s on Washington Avenue in San Leandro on Tuesday.
The Alameda County Fire Department shared a post about a vehicle going into a building. The department's own numbers show Station 9 covers a roughly 3.25-square-mile stretch of the county and houses both an engine company and a truck company.
San Leandro’s fire protection is provided through a contract with the Alameda County Fire Department, which the city says brings regional resources to the city. The department serves about 508 square miles and a daytime population of roughly 517,000 people, placing Station 9’s response to the restaurant crash within a countywide service system. San Leandro’s fire-services page outlines the arrangement.
Firefighters Stabilize the Building Before Pulling the Car Free
Once crews confirmed the structure was stable, the real work began. Station 9 personnel removed the restaurant's damaged door and window frames to clear a path, then carefully backed the vehicle back out of the building, per the fire department's account.
The driver was taken to a hospital. Police commented on alcohol and drugs in connection with the crash.
The restaurant's identity and exact crash location remain unclear. Tripadvisor lists Loard's Ice Cream at 2000 Wayne Ave. in San Leandro.
The crash also comes amid broader traffic-safety concerns on Washington Avenue, though the available figures concern pedestrian collisions, not vehicles hitting buildings. A city-commissioned review counted 21 pedestrian crashes on the avenue from 2020 through 2024; two of the city’s seven fatal pedestrian crashes in that period occurred on Washington Avenue. Those numbers do not establish the cause or conditions of Tuesday’s crash, or whether it occurred on the same stretch. The city’s transportation-safety review details the figures.
Beyond the fire department's account, key details remain unresolved. The driver's identity and the extent of any injuries have not been verified, and it is not known whether anyone else was inside the restaurant at the time or whether the business stayed open afterward. Hoodline will update this story if the fire department or San Leandro police release further information on the cause of the crash or the driver's condition.
