On a Tuesday evening, in the restless hour when a city hurries home, a car left the roadway on Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood and struck people gathered near a metro station. Three lives were lost and three more hang in critical balance, among them street vendors and passersby who had come to that corner for ordinary reasons. The driver lies in critical condition as well, and the reason the vehicle veered from its path remains unknown, leaving a question that the city must now wait to answer.
Three Dead, Three Critically Injured as Car Strikes Pedestrians at North Hollywood Corner
Three people killed and three critically injured, including street vendors and pedestrians, after a car struck them on a Los Angeles corner.
A car left the road during Tuesday rush hour in North Hollywood
Mark
Start with the basic picture. What do we actually know about what happened?
Mimi
A car struck pedestrians on a corner near the North Hollywood metro station during Tuesday rush hour. At least three people died and three more are critically injured. Aerial video showed a white small SUV that seems to have gone onto the sidewalk and into a transit shelter.
Mark
And the food stand? That seems central.
Mimi
A local CBS affiliate reported the car hit a food stand near a bus stop on Lankershim Boulevard. Mayor Bass said the victims included street vendors and pedestrians, so the two accounts fit together.
Luke
Careful, though. The food stand detail is one station's report, not something police have confirmed. And the aerial footage shows what it appears to show. It's not an official finding about how the car got there.
Mark
Fair. What about the driver?
Mimi
The driver is hospitalized in critical condition and hasn't been identified, according to LA police.
Luke
That's the biggest unknown. We don't know the cause: whether it was a medical emergency, a mechanical failure, or something else. Nobody has said, and the chief didn't say what investigators suspect.
Mark
The chief called it a prolonged investigation. What does that tell us?
Mimi
That they're going through area video carefully, and that answers probably won't come fast.
Luke
Also worth noting that "at least three" is a floor, and the six-person total comes from authorities' early statements. Those numbers could change, especially with three people critically hurt.
Il Polso
- A car jumped the curb during Tuesday rush hour and ploughed into pedestrians and a food stand near a North Hollywood metro station.
- Three people are dead and three more are critically injured, with the crowd's ordinary errands turned into a scene of chaos.
- Police have sealed the story behind an unnamed driver who is fighting for life in hospital, and no one has yet said why the car left the road.
- Investigators under Chief Jim McDonnell are combing through area video in what he calls a prolonged, deliberate inquiry, and the names of the victims are still unreleased.
- The neighborhood is left waiting, with families and the city braced for answers that have not yet arrived.
On a Tuesday evening, in the restless hour when a city hurries home, a car left the roadway on Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood and struck people gathered near a metro station. Three lives were lost and three more hang in critical balance, among them street vendors and passersby who had come to that corner for ordinary reasons. The driver lies in critical condition as well, and the reason the vehicle veered from its path remains unknown, leaving a question that the city must now wait to answer.
On Tuesday during the evening rush, a car left the road along Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, the busy commercial and arts stretch of the San Fernando Valley. It struck people on the corner near a metro station, and by the time emergency crews arrived, three people were dead and three more were critically injured.
The car hit a food stand near a bus stop and appeared to climb the sidewalk before crashing into a transit shelter. Aerial footage showed a white compact SUV with its body badly crumpled. Among the victims were street vendors and pedestrians, according to Mayor Karen Bass, who wrote on X that she was heartbroken for the families affected.
The driver is also in critical condition at a hospital, and their identity has not been released. Police have not explained what made the car leave the roadway, and no names of the dead or injured have been made public.
Chief Jim McDonnell said investigators will review video from the area and described the work ahead as a prolonged but very deliberate investigation. For now, the neighborhood waits for names, for the driver's condition to stabilize, and for whatever the footage may reveal.
A car left the road during Tuesday rush hour in North Hollywood and struck people on a Los Angeles corner near a metro station. At least three of them died. Three others were critically injured, authorities said.
The crash happened along Lankershim Boulevard, a major thoroughfare that runs through the busy NoHo commercial and arts district in the San Fernando Valley. A local CBS News affiliate reported that the car hit a food stand near a bus stop. The Los Angeles Fire Department posted an online statement saying the three injured people had been taken to area hospitals for treatment.
The driver is also hospitalized in critical condition, according to Los Angeles police. The driver's identity has not been made public. Neither the police nor the fire department offered further details about the crash.
Aerial news video from the scene showed a white, small SUV with a partly crumpled body. It appeared to have gone up onto the sidewalk and into the side of a mass-transit shelter structure.
Mayor Karen Bass said the victims included street vendors and pedestrians. In a post on X, she wrote that she was heartbroken for the families of everyone affected. The reporting does not name any of the dead or injured, and it does not say how many of them were vendors.
LA police chief Jim McDonnell said investigators will review video from the area. He described what lies ahead as a "prolonged but very deliberate investigation." That wording suggests the work will take time, though authorities have not said what they are trying to establish.
What caused the car to leave the roadway is not stated in the reporting. The driver's identity has not been released, and the condition of the driver may shape how soon investigators can learn more. The next developments to watch are the names of the victims, the driver's identity, and what the video shows.
Citazioni salienti
I'm heartbroken for the families of everyone impacted.— Mayor Karen Bass, in a post on X
Investigators face a prolonged but very deliberate investigation that will include area video.— LA police chief Jim McDonnell (paraphrased)
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