A driver took off on foot after his car plowed into the side of an Oceanside church Monday.
Oceanside Police officer found the registered owner of the 2013 Lexus GS 350 just up the road from the Family Fellowship Church on El Camino Real near Douglas Drive, north of State Route 76.
Officers say the driver drove his black sedan off the road, up onto a sidewalk over grass and into the side of the church around 1 a.m.
The car missed the main part of the church and didn't make it inside, but the impact of the crash knocked down a pillar outside the building.
After the crash, the driver took off running on foot. Oceanside Police officers said the owner of the vehicle was uncooperative and would not tell them whether he was driving the car. There were no witnesses to the collision.
The 2013 Lexus was towed from the scene, and detectives classified the incident as a misdemeanor hit-and-run. The investigation is continuing.
