At least eight are injured when a car plows into a crowd in the Mid-Wilshire area, officials say
Eight are injured when a van hurtles into a group of people dining at a restaurant in the mid-Wilshire neighborhood.
Eight are injured when a van hurtles into a group of people dining at a restaurant in the mid-Wilshire neighborhood.
At least eight people were injured Sunday afternoon when a two-car collision sent a van hurtling into a group of people dining at a popular local restaurant in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles, police said.
The driver of the van, who police said caused the collision when he blew through a crimson light, was arrested after allegedly attempting to flee on foot, Los Angeles police Sgt. C. Barlow said. Bystanders detained him less than a block away.
“He didn’t get very far at all,” Barlow said. The man, who was not instantly identified, was booked on suspicion of felony hit and run.
Witnesses described a dramatic scene outside The Fish Spot on Pico and Redondo boulevards, where shortly before four p.m. the van plowed through a white picket fence into several tables of diners.
Some people were lounging with cracked limbs, while another bled profusely from his head under lumps of furniture and fencing. Neighbors rushed out of their homes, some bursting into tears when they witnessed what happened. Bystanders were running around and screaming.
“It was scary and sad to see the people in anguish,” said 15-year-old Andy Hernandez, who rushed to the restaurant on his skateboard after hearing a noisy boom. “It was shocking.”
Five dudes and three women — ranging in age from eighteen to fifty one — were taken to a hospital, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
A 44-year-old man was in critical condition, while a 30-year-old man and two women, ages eighteen and 28, were in serious condition. The four others who were hospitalized were in fair condition, fire officials said.
An off-duty Los Angeles firefighter was also in the crowd but did not sustain injuries that required hospitalization.
Shortly after ten p.m., Los Angeles police said everyone injured in the crash was expected to sustain. “There’s nothing life-threatening,” Barlow said.
The restaurant’s 27-year-old holder, Felicity Inniss, had just walked away from serving a table outside when the collision occurred.
“He swerved around a few cars and next thing you know he was in the gate with us — people were under the van and hurt,” she said.
Two injured women collapsed, she said, as they attempted to run away. Inniss rushed to the aid of the man bleeding from his head, throwing lumps of wood from the fencing and patio furniture off his assets. He had been dining with his daughter, who looked about ten years old and was not injured, she said.
“Everyone was just in a funk,” Inniss said, adding that the restaurant is usually more crowded. “It could’ve been way worse.”
About seven p.m., officials towed away the van, which had a plane tire and a bruised bumper, as a crowd of people observed. Lumps of fried fish were scattered on the ground, amid splatters of blood, debris and articles of clothing.
Police said neither driver was injured, tho’ witnesses reported witnessing the man driving the van being flipped away on a stretcher. The other motorist, who was a driving a gray Ford truck, wasn’t cited and was able to drive the vehicle away around 6:30 p.m.
Police said they don’t believe the van’s driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol, nor do they believe he acted intentionally.
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