Posted September 6, 2015
by John A. Moreno and Ellina Abovian
Eight people were injured, four critically, Sunday afternoon in a crash involving two vehicles in the Sawtelle neighborhood of L.A.'s Westside, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
The collision happened in the 11200 block of West Santa Monica Boulevard and left one of the vehicle's occupants trapped inside, the LAFD said in Twitter at 2:17 p.m.
Three of the injured were pedestrians, the agency said.
The eight patients were transported to hospitals. Four were in critical condition, according to the Fire Department: a female pedestrian, 27; a man and woman, both 30; and a 27-year-old man.
Four other victims were in good-to-fair condition, the LAFD said. They were described as a 33-year-old man, 8 year-old girl, and two children of unknown gender, ages 3 and 6.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known.