Follow-Up: Driver in North Hollywood Crash That Killed 3 Held on Felony DUI, Bail $6.03 Million
LOS ANGELES — There is a further development in the sidewalk crash in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. Police announced that the driver, 61-year-old Ihor Demianenko, has been detained for felony driving under the influence (felony DUI). According to jail records, he is being held at the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Valley Jail in Van Nuys on $6.03 million bail.
The crash happened shortly before 6 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10. A white SUV driving southbound on Lankershim Boulevard veered onto the sidewalk near the entrance of the North Hollywood Metro station, near Chandler Boulevard, and struck multiple pedestrians and street vendors. Three women died at the scene and two other people were injured. ABC7 reported that the three women killed were aged 40, 53 and 69, that at least two of them were food vendors, and that the two injured people remain hospitalized. The victims' names have not been released.
LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said investigators have the video of the incident and will review it in slow motion, frame by frame, to determine what happened. Demianenko was conscious but appeared to be in shock when he was extricated from his severely damaged vehicle at the scene. Police said no charges beyond the felony DUI have been announced, and the cause of the crash remains under investigation. The incident is still developing.
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(Source: Los Angeles Police Department)
Source: Los Angeles Police Department
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Photo: 图：事发地点 North Hollywood 地铁站的站台（资料图，非事发现场）。David James Henry 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Platform of North Hollywood Metro station, the station at the crash location (file photo, not the crash scene). By David James Henry, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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