JUNE 6, 2015
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Four people were injured, three of them critically, when a
catering truck slammed into a tree near the Sunset Strip and dislodged a
beehive today.
A sheriff’s deputy was then stung by bees, suffered an
allergic reaction, and was also rushed to a hospital.
The crash was at 1200 N. Doheny Dr., in the City of Los
Angeles, according to Los Angeles City Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret
Stewart and county fire Dispatch Supervisor Robert Diaz. That location is in
the steep hills above the Sunset Strip, just above West Hollywood.
Three patients were trapped in the truck, but were
extricated in critical condition and taken to trauma centers, Stewart and Diaz
said. A fourth victim was taken to a hospital in serious condition, according
to Stewart.
The three trapped victims were freed through the combined
efforts of county and city firefighters at the scene, Diaz and Stewart said.
All four persons were taken to a hospital at 12:50 p.m., and
the cause of the crash was not immediately released.
The cause of the crash was under investigation.