CORONADO, Calif. — A man was critically injured after being flung off the hood of his car driven by a car thief in Coronado Sunday morning.
Coronado Police Department received reports from several callers around 5:20 a.m. that a car was traveling along Orange Avenue in Coronado with a screaming man clinging to the car's hood.
Dispatchers received several more calls from people who reported a crash at the Coronado Bridge Toll Plaza.
"Officers located the vehicle facing eastbound in the westbound lanes where it collided with the concrete toll structure," Coronado police said in a press release.
Officers also found a 33-year-old man lying lane of traffic near the crash with life-threatening injuries. He was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
Authorities determined the 33-year-old man found lying in lanes of traffic jumped on the hood of his car in an attempt to stop an 18-year-old man and a female juvenile from carjacking him.
The victim was ejected from the car's hood after the 18-year-old man crashed into the Coronado Bridge Toll Plaza.
The 18-year-old driver of the stolen car was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, stealing a car, felony hit-and-run, and attempted murder, according to police.
Authorities said additional charges are pending against the suspect.
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