LAFD firefighters responded to the three-car crash in the 19700 block of Vanowen Street around 9 p.m. Three people died at the scene, the LAFD said. Six other patients suffered potentially serious injuries, but all were in stable condition. The LAPD, however, lists a total of seven injured. LAFD said two men who died were both in their 30s and the third man who died in the crash was 25 years old. Their names have not been released. Home surveillance video captured the crash. Footage showed a vehicle traveling at high speeds veer into oncoming lanes and hit two cars. Andrew Neiman of the LAPD told Eyewitness News that a dark-colored Ford Explorer was traveling eastbound on Vanowen and due to its speed, the driver lost control when the car went over a dip in the road on Corbin Avenue. “The speed limit is 35. So based on the speed, the Explorer lost control, actually traveling in the westbound lanes and collided with a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck with four occupants,” Neiman said. “This caused the Ford Explorer to start overturning. It then collided with another vehicle, an Audi.” Three of the four people in the Ford Explorer were ejected and died. The fourth person, the only one wearing a seat belt, survived the crash with minor injuries, Neiman said. The four occupants of the truck were taken to hospital with injuries that are not considered life-threatening. Two others involved in the crash — a pregnant woman and her husband — were transported as a precaution, Neiman said. Further details about the crash were not available. Copyright © 2022 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.
