At least 30 people were injured after a car plowed through a crowd in East Hollywood
At least 30 people were injured after a car plowed through a crowd in East Hollywood, when a driver apparently lost consciousness, authorities said.
Pictures from the scene showed a bashed up grey vehicle straddling the sidewalk with debris strewn across the floor. At least a dozen firefighters can be seen alongside a number of people sitting on the floor on blankets.
Seven people are in critical condition and at least 23 others were injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd on Santa Monica Boulevard in East Hollywood, Los Angeles, early Saturday morning.
Sgt. Travis Ward, Central Traffic Division Watch Commander, at the Los Angeles Police Department said the driver was shot after the collision, and had been transported to hospital and taken into surgery.
For this reason, he said, LAPD was unable to determine if the driver was intoxicated.
“This is a heartbreaking tragedy,” Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass said in a statement Saturday. “The hearts of Angelenos are with all of the victims impacted this morning — a full investigation into what happened is underway.”
A man who was inside the nightclub told NBC News that he heard a “loud bang,” and that a crowd of people ducked believing they’d heard gunshots.
“We look out the club, and it’s a car into the hole right there,” he said. “And then it’s crazy, because people everywhere, laying down, unconscious, people, bleeding out and stuff.”
