FULLERTON – Three people were injured, including a pregnant woman, in a multi-vehicle crash prompted by a driver avoiding an animal in the road on Thursday, Jan. 4, police said.
Around 9:20 a.m. a woman driving a Chevrolet Tahoe west in the 2200 block of West Walnut Avenue swerved to miss the animal, Sgt. Jon Radus said.
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![A firefighter looks inside a silver minivan after responding to a serious crash on E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton on Thursday morning. A pregnant woman and her man were abruptly woken up and injured when their Honda Odyssey was struck by the driver of an SUV that crashed into a row of parked cars. The driver of the SUV and the couple were taken to a nearby emergency room. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)]()
A firefighter looks inside a silver minivan after responding to a serious crash on E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton on Thursday morning. A pregnant woman and her man were abruptly woken up and injured when their Honda Odyssey was struck by the driver of an SUV that crashed into a row of parked cars. The driver of the SUV and the couple were taken to a nearby emergency room. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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![After crashing into a row of parked cars, the driver of an SUV is treated near a row of parked RVs on E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton on Thursday morning. A pregnant woman and her man were abruptly woken up and injured when their Honda Odyssey was struck by the SUV. The driver of the SUV and the couple were taken to a nearby emergency room. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)]()
After crashing into a row of parked cars, the driver of an SUV is treated near a row of parked RVs on E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton on Thursday morning. A pregnant woman and her man were abruptly woken up and injured when their Honda Odyssey was struck by the SUV. The driver of the SUV and the couple were taken to a nearby emergency room. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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![The front passenger wheel lays severed from the SUV was driving after the driver crashed into a row of parked cars in E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton on Thursday morning. A pregnant woman and her man were injured while sleeping when their Honda Odyssey was struck by the driver of the SUV. The couple and the driver of the SUV were taken to a nearby emergency room. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)]()
The front passenger wheel lays severed from the SUV was driving after the driver crashed into a row of parked cars in E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton on Thursday morning. A pregnant woman and her man were injured while sleeping when their Honda Odyssey was struck by the driver of the SUV. The couple and the driver of the SUV were taken to a nearby emergency room. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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![A pregnant woman and her man, right, are treated by paramedics for their injuries on E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton on Thursday morning, after their Honda Odyssey was struck by the driver of an SUV while they were sleeping. The driver of the SUV, left, and the couple were taken to a nearby emergency room. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)]()
A pregnant woman and her man, right, are treated by paramedics for their injuries on E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton on Thursday morning, after their Honda Odyssey was struck by the driver of an SUV while they were sleeping. The driver of the SUV, left, and the couple were taken to a nearby emergency room. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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![After crashing into a row of parked cars, the driver of an SUV is treated on E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton on Thursday morning. While sleeping, a pregnant woman and her man were injured when their Honda Odyssey was struck by the SUV. The driver of the SUV and the couple were taken to a nearby emergency room. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)]()
After crashing into a row of parked cars, the driver of an SUV is treated on E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton on Thursday morning. While sleeping, a pregnant woman and her man were injured when their Honda Odyssey was struck by the SUV. The driver of the SUV and the couple were taken to a nearby emergency room. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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![Officers look at the damage to three cars on E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton on Thursday morning. A pregnant woman and her man were abruptly woken up and injured when their Honda Odyssey was struck by the driver of an SUV that crashed into a row of parked cars. The driver of the SUV and the couple were taken to a nearby emergency room. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)]()
Officers look at the damage to three cars on E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton on Thursday morning. A pregnant woman and her man were abruptly woken up and injured when their Honda Odyssey was struck by the driver of an SUV that crashed into a row of parked cars. The driver of the SUV and the couple were taken to a nearby emergency room. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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![Employees of a nearby business survey the damage as they watch paramedics treat the injured of a crash on E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton on Thursday morning. A pregnant woman and her man were abruptly woken up and injured when their Honda Odyssey was struck by the driver of an SUV that crashed into a row of parked cars. The driver of the SUV and the couple were taken to a county emergency room. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)]()
Employees of a nearby business survey the damage as they watch paramedics treat the injured of a crash on E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton on Thursday morning. A pregnant woman and her man were abruptly woken up and injured when their Honda Odyssey was struck by the driver of an SUV that crashed into a row of parked cars. The driver of the SUV and the couple were taken to a county emergency room. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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![A pregnant woman is taken to an ambulance after she and her man were abruptly woken up and injured when their Honda Odyssey was struck by the driver of an SUV that crashed into a row of parked cars in E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton on Thursday morning. The driver of the SUV and the couple were taken to a nearby emergency room. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)]()
A pregnant woman is taken to an ambulance after she and her man were abruptly woken up and injured when their Honda Odyssey was struck by the driver of an SUV that crashed into a row of parked cars in E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton on Thursday morning. The driver of the SUV and the couple were taken to a nearby emergency room. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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![A man is taken to an awaiting ambulance by medics after a crash on E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton on Thursday morning. The man and his pregnant woman were abruptly woken up and injured when their Honda Odyssey was struck by the driver of an SUV that crashed into a row of parked cars. The driver of the SUV and the couple were taken to a nearby emergency room. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)]()
A man is taken to an awaiting ambulance by medics after a crash on E. Walnut Ave. in Fullerton on Thursday morning. The man and his pregnant woman were abruptly woken up and injured when their Honda Odyssey was struck by the driver of an SUV that crashed into a row of parked cars. The driver of the SUV and the couple were taken to a nearby emergency room. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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She lost control and hit a parked, unoccupied Nissan Frontier, authorities said.
The Tahoe rolled and struck a parked Honda Odyssey, occupied by a woman who is seven months pregnant and a man, he said. The impact pushed the Odyssey into a parked, unoccupied Honda Accord.
The three people were transported by ambulance to area hospitals for treatment of what appeared to be minor injuries, Radus said.
The crash was under investigation.