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Venice Beach Video: Car Crash On Boardwalk
Topic Started: Aug 4 2013, 09:16 AM (232 Views)
Dixie
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Venice Beach Video: Car Crash On Boardwalk

A man is arrested after a car crashes into crowds of people on the popular Venice Beach boardwalk in California.

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Eleven people were injured as the crowd hit people on the boardwalk

One person has been killed and 11 injured after a car crashed into a crowd of people on one of southern California's most popular beach spots.

The victim died in hospital hours after the crash at Venice Beach boardwalk on Saturday night, Los Angeles police lieutenant Andy Neiman confirmed.

CCTV footage showed a man parking his black vehicle alongside the seaside boardwalk and watching the scene for several minutes before getting back into the car and speeding into the crowd.

Louisa Hodge, 35, who witnessed the crash, said: "There was people kind of stumbling around, blood dripping down their legs looking confused not knowing what had happened, people screaming.

"It was blocks and blocks of people just strewn across the sidewalk."

Firefighters found 12 people injured among the crowd. Ten were taken to hospital, where one later died, fire officials said.

Another victim is in a critical condition and two others are in a serious condition.

The driver fled the scene, but an hour later a man walked into a police station in Santa Monica and said he was involved in the crash, Lt Neiman said.

Police then found a car nearby that is thought to be the one involved in the crash.

Venice Beach boardwalk, a 1.5-mile stretch that runs along the sand, is home to galleries, restaurants and tattoo shops.

It can draw as many as 150,000 people on summer weekends and is popular with joggers and inline skaters.


Edited by Dixie, Aug 4 2013, 09:33 AM.
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