SAN JOSE — A man was taken to the hospital after he was pinned by an out-of-control car near First and Santa Clara streets Friday night, authorities said.

A red coupe was westbound on Santa Clara just after 9 p.m. when the driver lost control. The car went off the roadway, glancingly hit two women and then stopped on a brick enclosure at a Meriwest bank building, pinning a man against a shopping cart.

The man was freed by rescue personnel and taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries but is expected to survive, according to the San Jose Fire Department. The women who were struck declined medical attention, and the driver, who remained at the scene, was not immediately arrested or cited.

San Jose police are investigating the exact cause of the crash.

Contact Robert Salonga at 408-920-5002. Follow him at Twitter.com/robertsalonga.