Medical Emergency Causes Driver to Crash into Multiple Cars, Building

A driver had a medical emergency Wednesday that caused him to crash his vehicle into several parked cars and a building in Whittier, sparking a fire.

The crash was reported at 1:30 p.m. in the 6500 block of Greenleaf Avenue, according to the Whittier Police Department.

One of vehicles caught fire, causing an adjacent building to also catch fire, police said.

Only the driver was injured, police said, but his condition was not immediately available.