- Friday November 17th, 2017 :: 12:15 p.m. PST
*UPDATE* #LASD ELA Sheriff's Deputies Involved in Traffic Collision, Indiana St and Whittier Blvd, LA
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT STATEMENT PERTAINING TO THE FATAL TRAFFIC COLLISION:
We extend our deepest condolences to the families and all those affected by this tragic accident. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) is working to provide the Los Angeles Police Department’s Multi-Discipline Collision Investigation Team with any information it needs or requests during the course of its investigation. The LASD and its personnel are heavily impacted any time an incident involving our response to an emergency, or efforts to help others in need, results in injury or the loss of life.
Los Angeles Police Department News Release :
November 17, 2017 NR17340dm
Boyle Heights: On Thursday, November 16, 2017, around 7:30 p.m., a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department patrol vehicle was involved in a collision with another vehicle at Whittier Boulevard and Indiana Street.
According to the Sheriff’s Department, the deputies were responding to an emergency call when the collision occurred. The force of the collision caused the deputy’s patrol vehicle to run off the roadway and hit three pedestrians, a mother and her two children. Both children were boys, ages seven and nine. The second car struck a third vehicle, causing injury to two additional adult pedestrians in the crosswalk.
Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to the scene. One child died at scene and the other child was pronounced dead at the hospital. The mother is in critical condition. Seven people were transported to local hospitals, five with relatively minor injuries, including two Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies.
The collision is being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Multi-disciplinary Collision Investigation Team.
Anyone who may have witnessed, or have information regarding, this collision is urged to call Central Traffic Division at 213-833-3746. During non-business hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (1-877-527-3247). Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call the L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477) or go directly to www.lacrimestoppers.org. Tipsters can also visit www.lapdonline.org, and click on “Anonymous Web Tips” under the “Get Involved-Crime Stoppers” menu to submit an online tip. Lastly, tipsters may also download the “P3 Tips” mobile application and select the L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers
as their local program.
------------------Original LASD Press Release---------------
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies assigned to the East Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station were involved in an on-duty traffic collision this evening at approximately 7:25 p.m. The collision resulted in at least one fatality of a pedestrian and the injuring of other pedestrians. The collision occurred at the intersection of Indiana Street and Whittier Boulevard, Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Police Department, Multi-Discipline Collision Investigation Team (MCIT) members are handling the investigation, as it occurred in their jurisdiction.
There is no further information at this time and the investigation is on-going.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact East Los Angeles Sheriff's Station at (323) 264-4151 or Los Angeles Police Department Hollenbeck Community Police Station at (323) 342-4100. During non-business hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (877-527-3247). Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477). Tipsters may also contact Crime Stoppers by texting to phone number 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S on most keypads) with a cell phone. All text messages should begin with the letters "LAPD." Tipsters may also go to LAPDOnline.org, click on "webtips" and follow the prompts.
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