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Driver Arrested After Car Strikes Hydrant, Smashes Into Restaurant In Santa Clara

SANTA CLARA (CBS SF) -- A car caromed off a fire hydrant and into a pizza restaurant early Saturday in Santa Clara, producing a spectacular geyser, flooding streets around Homestead and Woodhams Road and soaking responding fire crews.

Car Hits Hydrant, Crashes Into South Bay Pizza Restaurant

Santa Clara firefighters had a wet mess on their hands Saturday morning when a hit-run driver took out a fire hydrant and then smashed into a pizza parlor. http://cbsloc.al/2dxlrIv

Posted by KPIX CBS San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday, October 22, 2016

The driver fled on foot after the car came to rest inside the dining room of Stuft Pizza around 1 a.m. Saturday but he was caught a few blocks away near his residence and was charged with hit-and-run and driving under the influence.

It took crews at least 30 minutes to turn off the water, police said.

Car Smashes Into Pizza Restaurant in Santa Clara
A car smashed into a pizza restaurant in Santa Clara early Saturday morning. (CBS)
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