In brief
More than a dozen injuries occurred when a vehicle drove onto the sidewalk outside a supermarket, prompting emergency response. Local officials confirmed eight patients were taken to hospitals, while the driver, an approximately 60‑year‑old man, remained at the scene with no arrests made. The cause of the crash is still unknown.
Eight people were hospitalized Saturday after a car crashed into pedestrians outside a supermarket in the Arlington Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, according to local officials and several news outlets.
According to Los Angeles Fire Department updates, the incident occurred at 12:51 p.m. local time on the sidewalk adjacent to a grocery store on W. Washington Blvd., a couple blocks north of the 10 Freeway.
Officials reported that ten patients were initially assessed at the scene; the fire department confirmed that eight of them were transported to local hospitals, while two remained at the site with less serious injuries.
The driver, an approximately 60‑year‑old man, remained at the scene, as reported by the Los Angeles Police Department and cited by local television station KTLA 5; the driver’s status in terms of hospitalization or arrest remains unclear.
Causes for the descent onto the sidewalk remain undetermined, with no arrests confirmed as of the latest reports.