PHOENIX — Multiple people sustained injuries Thursday morning after a car crashed into a gas pump outside a Circle K store in South Phoenix.
Authorities said the collision occurred at about 11 a.m. near Central Avenue and Dobbins Road.
A car traveling westbound on Dobbins Road had to swerve to avoid hitting another car traveling on Central Avenue, Phoenix police said.
The vehicle then jumped a curve and struck the gas pumps outside the Circle K. Two women and a 6-year-old boy were inside the vehicle and all were taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
A man standing by the gas pumps was also injured by a tire that came off the vehicle and was taken to the hospital.
Police said the vehicle was allegedly involved in another collision near 3rd Street and fled the scene before crashing into the Circle K gas pump.
Impairment is believed to be a factor in both collisions, police said.
Police said Christina Guevara has been arrested in relation to the crash.
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