Child killed in late-night wrong-way crash in Los Angeles

A wrong-way crash in Vermont Sq. on Monday night time left two individuals lifeless, together with an toddler, and two in crucial situation, police mentioned.

At 11:36 p.m., a white sedan “touring at a excessive price of pace veered into oncoming site visitors” and struck one other sedan on Western Avenue close to forty seventh Avenue, mentioned Officer Charles Miller, a Los Angeles Police Division spokesperson.

The driving force of the white sedan, a person in his 40s, was killed, as was a 6-month-old child who was within the automobile. Each had been pronounced lifeless on the scene, Miller mentioned.

Two different passengers within the automobile with the infant, a 20-year-old man and a 25-year-old-woman, had been taken to a hospital the place they continue to be in crucial situation, he mentioned.

Video of the incident obtained by KTLA confirmed the white automobile swerving into oncoming site visitors earlier than putting the opposite automobile, then upending and spinning round.

Further movies from the scene reviewed by The Occasions confirmed a large police response that shut down Western Avenue as shocked onlookers watched.

Miller mentioned police couldn’t but affirm studies that the white sedan was stolen.