Just as they started giving out shots on the Bakersfield College campus, one woman's car suddenly raced across the parking lot where the clinic was set up.

This crash interrupted the drive-up shot clinic Friday at Bakersfield College.

Bakersfield police say she may have blacked out or had a seizure. The out-of-control car, hit a parked car, smashed through bushes, hit a Golden Empire Transit District bus, and another car.

The driver of the first car, and six others ended up with minor to moderate injuries.

The shot clinic was also delayed for about 20 minutes while the mess was cleared. Then, the lines started moving again.

"I think it's a great plan to get everyone inoculated , and I think it should have been here before," Buddy Sears said. He was fourth in line at BC.

He planned to get the seasonal flu shot on Friday, and hoped to get one for the H1N1 flu on Saturday.

That was the same for fellow early-bird Woody Campbell. "I'm an old person -- I don't want to get sick," he said.

Bakersfield College spokeswoman Amber Chiang said 1,700 shots were given out at their campus, and the same number were given at Cal-State Bakersfield.

At BC, cars snaked around the campus until they were directed into the parking lot near the stadium. Drivers were directed into lines where students and staff were waiting with forms, clipboards -- and eventually the shots.

"They're screened by medical personnel whether they can get a shot or not," Chiang explained. "That's it."

Karrie Reeves had two passengers along in her car, they all wanted the flu shot. Reeves said she usually doesn't worry about the flu, but this year's different because she's a student at the college.

"Now being exposed to a lot of people, I decided it would be best to get a flu shot," she said.

For anyone who had never gotten a flu shot before, a special "observation" area was set up in the parking lot. "They have to be observed for 15 minutes, just in case of a reaction," Chiang said.

The out-of-control car had veered near the observation area, but missed everyone who was on foot.

"There were people in the area on the Bakersfield College parking lot side that were involved in the flu "pod" exercise, those people were a distance away," Bakersfield Police Lt. Scott McDonald said.

"However, there were a couple pedestrians on the street who had just got off the GET bus, who fortunately were not injured," Lt. McDonald said. "They were pretty close."

Police did not release the name of the woman who lost control of her car

The clinics were run by the Kern County Health Department, and at their office the "Department Operations Center" was set up to oversee both locations.

Health Department director Matt Constantine said the clinics do double duty.

"We're trying to practice if we ever had to mass vaccinate large groups of people, but at the same time we're practicing our skills -- we're actually dispensing a real vaccine for seasonal flu."

Chiang said the clinics are a real benefit to BC students. "Not only are they learning how to handle a major emergency, but they're getting training that they're going to need when they move on to hospital work anyway."

Both clinics were scheduled to operate from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The supply of vaccine at both BC and CSUB had been exhausted by early afternoon, health officials said.

Constantine said now they will review how the clinics went. "It's a learning experience, and the intent is to make some mistakes -- to figure out how best to do this, and learn from it."