A white SUV struck pedestrians in the North Hollywood area of Los Angeles, killing three people and seriously injuring three others. The incident happened near a bus stop and a subway entrance.
The collision occurred at around 5:55 p.m. local time on North Lankershim Avenue, at a busy intersection.
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The Los Angeles Fire Department said the three people who died had suffered fatal injuries and could not be saved by the crews who arrived at the scene. The three other injured people were taken to area hospitals in critical condition.
According to U.S. media reports, the vehicle also struck a food stand. Aerial footage broadcast by KCAL, a CNN affiliate, showed the white SUV crashed beneath a blue canopy near the subway station entrance.
Items and materials were scattered around the vehicle. Firefighters and police vehicles blocked the intersection to allow emergency crews to respond and conduct searches at the scene.
Authorities have not released the identities of the victims or the injured, and the cause of the collision and the circumstances leading up to it remain unclear. Police are investigating how the vehicle came to be traveling toward the pedestrians.
