A car veered onto a patio in the 1600 block of Pleasure House Road in Virginia Beach Wednesday night, striking two women and pinning one of them beneath the vehicle until firefighters could pull her free. Both women were hospitalized afterward, though their conditions have not been released.
Officers responded at approximately 8:20 p.m. after receiving a report of an accident involving a pedestrian, according to WAVY.com. When they arrived, they found two female victims in the patio area of a property, with one of them pinned beneath the car.
The Virginia Beach Fire Department extracted the pinned woman, and both victims were taken to the hospital with undisclosed injuries, the outlet reported. The driver and passenger inside the vehicle walked away uninjured. Investigators determined that the car entered the patio area before striking the two women, though the circumstances that sent it off the roadway have not been detailed.
Questions Remain Over Possible Charges
As of Wednesday night, it was not clear whether the driver would face charges. The station said it had reached back out to officials to find out, but no answer had been reported as of publication. The driver's identity and the vehicle's make and model have also not been disclosed.
This is not the only time a Virginia Beach patio has become the scene of a vehicle crash. A car crashed into the fenced outdoor patio of Murphy's Irish Pub at the corner of Pacific Avenue and 30th Street in a separate incident, according to NewsNation. A police spokesperson in that case said victims were taken to area hospitals with injuries ranging from life-threatening to non-life-threatening, and police said they were investigating.
Pleasure House Road Has Seen Other Crashes
Wednesday's crash is also not the first serious incident along that stretch of road this year. In April, a 16-year-old was hurt in a pedestrian crash on Pleasure House Road, with injuries described as non-life-threatening, according to police cited by 13News Now.
A multi-vehicle crash at the nearby intersection of Northampton and Pleasure House also sent four people to the hospital, one in serious condition, with officers responding at approximately 3:15 p.m. on a Friday, per the WAVY.com report on that incident. No further details on Wednesday night's investigation have been released.
