At least 20 people hurt after driver plows into crowd outside East Hollywood club
More than 30 people were hurt after a driver plowed into a crowd standing outside an East nightclub early Saturday, according to officials.
Seven of the victims were in critical condition after the incident, which unfolded at 2 a.m. when a Nissan Versa flew into the crowd outside of The Vermont Hollywood club on Santa Monica Boulevard, near the intersection of Vermont Avenue, officials said.
“They were all standing in line going into a nightclub. There was a taco cart out there, so they were…getting some food, waiting to go in. And there’s also a valet line out there,” Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Adam VanGerpen said. “The valet podium was taken out, the taco truck was taken out, and then a large number of people were impacted by the vehicle.”
The majority of the people in line for the concert at the nightclub, which was billed as “So-Cal’s Biggest Reggaeton & Hip-Hop Party,” were women, according to VanGerpen.
Angry bystanders yanked the driver out of the car and “assaulted” him before emergency responders arrived on the scene, the Los Angeles Police Department told The Independent.
The driver was being treated for a gunshot wound at a local hospital, the outlet reported, though it was not immediately clear whether he was shot before or after the collision, or why he plowed into the crowd.
The suspected gunman used a silver revolver and was still at large, cops told the outlet.
Meanwhile, people inside the club came out to help the victims while they waited for emergency personnel, VanGerpen said. A total of 124 firefighters responded to the gruesome scene, the LAFD said.
Police said 23 people were receiving medical treatment at local hospitals.
The cause of the crash was being probed, officials said.
“This is under police investigation,” VanGerpen said. “This will be a large investigation with the LAPD.”
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