LONG BEACH, Calif. — A Long Beach transit bus and a car collided Thursday, sending both careening into a seafood restaurant and injuring more than a dozen people.

The crash occurred around 3:15 p.m. in the area of South Street and California Avenue, according to the Long Beach Police Department.

There was little initial information on what led to the crash, but Long Beach Fire Department officials said 14 people required medical attention, with 10 taken to hospitals in unknown condition. Long Beach police said the patients' conditions ranged from minor to critical-but-stable.

"At this time, there are multiple reports of injuries, ranging from minor to critical-but-stable. Collision Investigations detectives responded and the investigation remains ongoing," police said.

A preliminary investigation revealed to detectives that a sedan was traveling southbound on California Avenue through an intersection when it collided with a Long Beach Transit bus, resulting in both vehicles crashing into a building.

Police said the sedan was traveling at a high rate of speed and failed to stop at a posted stop sign in the area.

The vehicle appeared to be largely destroyed, pushed by the front end of the transit bus into the restaurant. It was unclear how many of the injured were in the vehicle, on the bus, or in the restaurant.

South Street was closed between Myrtle and Lewis avenues while the investigation was conducted and patients were treated.