Woman Gets Prison Time for Plowing into San Mateo Fire Station

A woman who crashed her SUV into a San Mateo fire station in July 2011 has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison after pleading no contest to DUI and child endangerment charges.

Lasheena Cardona, 36, of Oakland, was sentenced Friday in San Mateo County Superior Court, with 56 days of credit for time served.

Cardona posted a $100,000 bail bond on Sept. 16 and had been out of custody since, until she took a plea deal on Dec. 23, 2011.

The conditions of her deal stated that she would be sentenced to no more than four years in prison, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office.

In addition, her driver's license will be suspended for one year.

Cardona was driving with her 17-year-old daughter the night of July 11, 2011, when Cardona apparently lost control of her GMC Yukon on a State Highway 92 off-ramp, according to San Mateo police.

Cardona's vehicle left the roadway and hurtled into a garage door of San Mateo Fire Department's Station 27 on De Anza Boulevard about 11 p.m., police said.

The firefighters inside Station 27 rushed out to find Cardona unconscious behind the wheel and her 17-year-old daughter injured in the passenger seat, according to police.

Police said "extensive damage occurred to the fire station building." Prosecutors said Cardona also struck a parked fire truck.

Cardona and her daughter were taken to the nearest trauma center for treatment. The daughter suffered a facial laceration that required nine stitches.

No one at the fire station, located at 1801 De Anza, was injured, although on-duty firefighters said they were jolted by the crash.

Prosecutors said prior to the crash, Cardona started talking incoherently and stated she was having trouble seeing.

Cardona's blood alcohol level, which was taken 90 minutes after the crash, registered at 0.31 percent, according to prosecutors.

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