A driver was hospitalized Tuesday after his car struck a hydrant, creating a 40-foot geyser, and slammed head-on into a tire store in National City.
The collision happened at 2:40 a.m. at East Plaza Boulevard and Euclid Avenue, east of Interstate 805.
The silver Ford sedan clipped a hydrant and then continued approximately 100 yards into the store.
The Firestone Tire and Auto Center bay door crumpled under the impact.
The driver was taken from the scene in an ambulance. No word on his condition.
