Driver Collides With Tree on Ralston Avenue

Belmont police and fire units responded to a report on Tuesday morning of a vehicle that had collided with a tree, at the intersection of Ralston Avenue and Granada Street. 

Upon arrival, officers found that a blue 1998 Ford Taurus, driven by a 29-year-old San Mateo man, had collided with a tree on a traffic island.  The driver was treated at the scene by Belmont Fire Department paramedics and was transported to an area hospital, with non life threatening injuries.  No other vehicles were involved in the collision.

While the cause of the collision is still under investigation, officers believe that the driver, who was traveling eastbound on Ralston Ave, appears to have had a medical emergency, which caused him to lose control of the vehicle and leave the roadway, colliding with the tree.