Man accused of crashing truck into youth baseball team at Truckee Safeway, leaving 4 injured

A man is suspected of intentionally driving a truck into a youth baseball team that was trying to raise funds outside of a Truckee grocery store on Saturday afternoon. 

Truckee police said they responded to the front entrance of the Safeway on Donner Pass Road around 2:45 p.m. In a video obtained by CBS Sacramento, a truck was seen crashing into the Safeway building. 

Police said four people, including children, were hit by a vehicle, with police saying the driver acted intentionally. They suffered non-life-threatening injuries, police said. 

The team manager of the Tahoe Titans, a 12-and-under baseball team, said the team was outside the grocery store selling jerky to raise money for an upcoming trip to Cooperstown.

"They didn't see it coming," said Bree Waters, the team manager. "He ran over one of the moms and her son and then hit the three other boys. Two of the boys got pinned between the truck and the building." 

Officers said they arrested 49-year-old Jonathan Maurer of Coalinga. He was booked into jail for assault with a deadly weapon likely to produce great bodily injury, felony vandalism, and violation of his post-release community supervision terms.

The team manager told CBS News Sacramento on Sunday that the woman and the brothers who were hit were discharged from the hospital on Saturday night.

The woman had to get several staples in the back of her head due to hitting it on the concrete when she was run over, and one of the brothers had a broken wrist, the team manager said.

Both brothers will also need to get MRIs at the orthodontist on Monday. 

"We are aware of the incident at the Safeway in Truckee, which is currently under investigation by the Truckee Police Department. Our thoughts and hearts are with those injured, their loved ones and the Truckee community. Please contact the local police department for more information," a Safeway spokesperson said.