Thirty people were injured, seven critically, when a Nissan Versa plowed into a crowd outside an East Hollywood nightclub early Saturday, after which the 29-year-old driver was pulled from the car and shot by someone in the crowd.
The crash was reported just before 2 a.m. in the 4600 block of West Santa Monica Boulevard, near Vermont Avenue, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Lyndsey Lantz. The crowd was standing outside a music venue named The Vermont Hollywood, where a show was taking place, according to media reports.
A total of seven people were listed in critical condition, six were seriously injured and 10 were described as being in fair condition, Lantz said. Seven more were assessed at the scene and refused hospitalization.
Video from the scene showed firefighters putting red, yellow and green tarps in the street to triage patients, and a heavily dented car with a shattered windshield and broken headlights on the sidewalk in front of the venue. Multiple ambulances lined the street.
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