25 Injured When Cab Rams Crowd in San Diego

Gotta wonder about the motivations in this incident:

Twenty-five people were injured early Saturday, six critically, when a taxi driver veered off a busy street onto a sidewalk and plowed into patrons leaving a popular Gaslamp District restaurant/nightclub just as it was closing, prompting some in the angry crowd to beat the driver and his cab.

The taxi came to rest on the sidewalk at an angle to the front doors of the Stingaree club on the corner of Sixth and Island avenues, pinning one woman against a lower outside wall, said San Diego police Lt. Todd Jarvis.

The force of the impact amputated the woman’s leg below the knee, said Maurice Luque, a San Diego fire department spokesman.

The Emerald Cab taxi driver, whose name was not released, was heading south on Sixth, a one-way street, about 2 a.m. when for unknown reasons he veered into the crowd just outside the club’s doors, Jarvis said.

They still haven't released the name of the driver. I'll be interested to hear if he has any connections to a particular religious group, if you know what I mean.