A man was arrested after he intentionally drove into a Little League team fundraising outside a Safeway in Truckee (Nevada County), injuring four, authorities said Saturday.
The Tahoe Titans, a local team of 11- and 12-year-old boys, was selling beef jerky to raise money for a July trip to a youth tournament near the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. By 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon, they had raised $2,000 and were “in a great mood,” said team manager Bree Waters.
But about 30 minutes later, she said, a visibly aggravated man walked up to their table and put a cigarette out on the sign they had made before he entered the grocery store. He came out shortly after, got into a white pick-up truck and “plowed the table down,” Waters said. Three players, three of their moms and one eight-year-old younger brother were standing near the table when it happened, as well as two people donating to the fundraiser, she said…