3 people dead after vehicle reportedly strikes pedestrians in North Hollywood

Three women were killed and two pedestrians and were critically injured Tuesday evening when an SUV careened onto a sidewalk and struck a group of street vendors and commuters near the North Hollywood Metro Station, authorities said.

The collision was reported at approximately 5:55 p.m. on Nov. 10 in the 5300 block of North Lankershim Boulevard, near Chandler Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The three victims were pronounced dead at the scene, while paramedics transported two additional victims to local hospitals in critical condition.

“I saw all the bodies on the ground,” one man who witnessed the tragic crash told KTLA. “I take the Metro every day and you see these vendors here. They’re just working. I don’t usually purchase anything from them, but I have a face-to-face nod, like, ‘Hey, how’s it going’ with them.”

Los Angeles police said the driver, a man in his early 60s, was traveling southbound on Lankershim Boulevard when his light-colored SUV struck at least five pedestrians near a busy public transit hub.

Aerial footage of the scene captured by KTLA’s Sky5 showed the vehicle had come to rest on the sidewalk, beneath the canopy of a food vendor’s tent.

Debris was scattered across the sidewalk and the heavily traveled Lankershim Boulevard corridor, where commuters regularly board buses and trains.

Sky5 also captured the driver, who had to be extricated from the vehicle. He appeared to be conscious and speaking with firefighters as emergency personnel helped him into a wheelchair and into the back of a waiting ambulance, though, according to KTLA Reporter Mary Beth McDade, his injuries were not life threatening.

Investigators have not determined what caused the crash, and police have not ruled out the possibility that it was intentional.

“We don’t know if it was done intentionally, if it was done by accident,” LAPD Capt. Warner Castillo said during a Tuesday night news conference, according to the Associated Press.

Castillo said investigators were examining whether the driver was impaired. Authorities have not established that drugs or alcohol played a role in the collision.

LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said detectives would review surveillance footage from nearby businesses and the Metro station as part of what he described as a prolonged investigation.

The crash prompted a massive emergency response, with firefighters, police officers and rescue ambulances converging on the intersection during the evening commute.

Several tents and vendor setups were damaged by the debris strewn around the area, including one of the subway’s shelters.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass confirmed that street vendors and pedestrians were among those struck.

“I’m heartbroken for the families of everyone impacted,” Bass said in a statement posted to social media.

The mayor said her office was coordinating with city departments and emergency responders as authorities worked to determine the cause of the collision.

The victims’ identities and ages have not been released, and police have not disclosed the driver’s identity.

It remains unclear whether the driver suffered a medical emergency before the crash or whether any criminal charges will be filed.

Authorities closed portions of Lankershim and Chandler boulevards as investigators examined the scene.

The investigation remains ongoing.

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