Crime

Car races through Kennewick parking lot, hits planter and rolls

An elderly driver hit a parking island and a planter, rolling his car on its top at the Columbia Center Mall on Monday.
An elderly driver hit a parking island and a planter, rolling his car on its top at the Columbia Center Mall on Monday. Tri-City Herald

An elderly man went for a wild ride through the parking lot of Target and Red Lobster on Columbia Center Boulevard in Kennewick on Monday.

Preliminary reports are the man had a medical episode causing him to drive through a parking lot, striking a parking island and planter, then rolling his car on its top.

The driver was taken to a hospital and his condition is not known.

This story was originally published May 15, 2017 at 3:50 PM with the headline "Car races through Kennewick parking lot, hits planter and rolls."

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