Possibly distracted lifeguard in truck ran over woman lying on Half Moon Bay beach

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KGO) -- Authorities say a lifeguard may have been distracted when they ran over a 20-year-old woman at a Peninsula beach Wednesday afternoon.

According to State Parks officials, the incident happened at Francis Beach in Half Moon Bay, where the woman was laying on the sand when she was struck by a lifeguard driving a pickup truck.

The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said the woman was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators said the person driving the truck may have been distracted.

The incident remains under investigation.