At least 30 people were injured – seven of them seriously – after the vehicle was thrown into the crowd waiting in front of the East Hollywood night club soon on Saturday (local time), the Los Angeles fire brigade said, CNN said.
Upon arrival at the place, emergency respondents found that the car had collided with a large crowd collected in front of Vermont Hollywood.
“They drove across the Taco rack, via the podium of the valet, and then through the crowd of people who waited for them to get in,” said CNN Captain Adam Vangerpen, a public information officer for the Los Angeles fire brigade.
“It was a very messy scene,” Vangerpen added.
Jeff Lee, a spokesman for the Los Angeles police department, said that as soon as the vehicle stopped, people nearby pulled the drivers out and started attacking it. In the middle of the quarrel, one individual shot the driver.
The police believe that the driver was under the influence of alcohol under the influence of alcohol.
There is no hint beyond the impaired driver’s state that there has been a different criminal intention or a connection with terrorism, the official said.
The victims were from mid -20. To 30.
Seven victims were transported in a critical state, six in serious condition and 10 in a fair state, said Lafd. Seven patients rejected the transport after being evaluated on the scene, according to the department. According to Lillian Carranza, commander LAPD, the victim included 18 women and 12 men within the mid -20th year until the beginning of the 30th year.
Police officers in Los Angeles were initially sent to the scene on a report on the attack of a deadly weapon and found that the vehicle was entering the crowd “for unknown reasons”, and the driver was attacked by passers -by.
The police said that when the first respondents arrived at the driver, they filed medical care and found that they had suffered a gunshot wound.
According to Vangerpen, individuals with fractures and soft tissues were admitted to the designated traumatic centers and nearby hospitals, one of the victims suffered from a gunshot.
(With Agencies and CNN inputs)
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