Driver faces DUI and murder charges after three killed in LA crash, officials sayUwa Ede-Osifo Wed, November 11, 2026 at 8:37 PM UTC
The scene of a vehicle crash involving multiple fatalities in the North Hollywood area of Los Angeles on Tuesday.Photograph: David Swanson/AP
A driver who reportedly crashed into pedestrians on a Los Angeles corner during Tuesday rush hour, killing three people and critically injuring two more, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and three counts of murder, police said on Wednesday.
The fatal crash took place near a North Hollywood metro station.
The driver, identified as Ihor Demianenko, 61, was treated for minor injuries at a hospital, according to police. He was booked early on Wednesday, with bail set at $6m. Authorities said the driver was able to talk but appeared to be in shock after Tuesday’s crash.
A local CBS News affiliate station reported that the car crashed into a food stand near a bus stop along a major thoroughfare, Lankershim Boulevard, that runs through the busy NoHo commercial and arts district in the city’s San Fernando valley.
The three women who died were between the ages of 40 and 60, according to the police news release. Authorities haven’t released their names. The two injured women are in their 50s.
The LA mayor, Karen Bass, said the victims included street vendors and pedestrians.
“I’m heartbroken for the families of everyone impacted,” she said in a post on X.
Authorities will be checking the video in the area in what will be a “prolonged but very deliberate investigation”, said LA police chief Jim McDonnell.
Aerial news video footage of the scene showed a white, partially crumpled, small SUV that appeared to have run up on to the sidewalk and into the side of a mass-transit shelter structure.
An investigation is under way.
Reuters and contributed reporting
Source: Crime
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