3 dead, 3 critically injured after vehicle smashes into pedestrians in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — Three people were killed and others were injured when a vehicle crashed into pedestrians near a public transportation stop in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, officials said. Los Angeles police said a white SUV struck at least five pedestrians at Lankershim and Chandler boulevards in the North Hollywood section of the city, where a Los Angeles Metro station is located, at around 5:55 p.m. Three were dead at the scene and three others were taken to the hospital in critical condition, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. The SUV’s driver, a man in his mid-60s, was among the injured, Police Capt. Warner Castillo said. The department’s drug-recognition experts were at the hospital to determine whether the driver was impaired, he said. Police did not believe that any other vehicle was involved, Castillo said.