A very intoxicated driver crashed twice along Post Street in downtown San Jose Thursday night, striking pedestrian-safety barricades and later colliding with a building. The first crash occurred just before 11 pm when a white Lexus slammed into white barricades outside Splash San Jose and came to rest outside the club. The driver got out, interacted with staff, was denied entry for apparent intoxication, then re-entered the vehicle and drove through the barrier. The car continued to 45 Post Street outside Mac's nightclub and struck the side of a building, heavily damaging the front end. Witnesses photographed an injured driver in the seat and a female passenger on the ground; both were transported to the hospital with severe injuries. Police do not believe the incident was hate-motivated and noted it coincided with the kickoff of Silicon Valley Pride; further details and possible arrest information are pending.
As KTVU reports, and as you can hear from a witness, an employee at Splash San Jose, in the video below, the first crash happened just before 11 pm, when a white Lexus slammed into some pedestrian-safety barricades. The white barricades are typically used to block car traffic from this busy nightlife block, the unit block of Post Street, and the car first came to rest outside Splash, with the driver then reportedly getting out and appearing like he wanted to get into the club.
"When he crashed, I'm not sure if he even knew if he was drunk," says Jacqueline Correa, an employee at Splash. "He started interacting and started talking to the Splash workers. I'm pretty sure to try to get inside. They told him 'You're way too drunk to come inside. We just saw you crash into the barrier.' They told him no, he flipped them off, got back into the car and went through the barrier."
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