30 injured as vehicle drives into Hollywood crowd
- Last updated: July 19, 2025 | 16:55
A car drove into a crowd outside a nightclub in Hollywood early on Saturday, injuring more than two dozen people, including the driver who was pulled out of the car and attacked, authorities said.
The cause of the incident is still under investigation and authorities are searching for a gunman who non-fatally shot at the driver in the chaos that followed, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
More than 100 firefighters responded to the scene in East Hollywood, with 23 people taken to hospital — seven were in critical condition. Six others were in serious condition, ten in fair condition, and seven were treated at the scene, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
At least three were in critical condition after being injured along Santa Monica Boulevard in East Hollywood, the Los Angeles City Fire Department said in a statement.
Fire Capt. Adam Van Gerpen said that a line of people — the majority female — were waiting to enter a nightclub when they were struck by a Nissan Versa that also hit a taco truck and valet stand.
“They were all standing in line going into a nightclub. There was a taco cart out there, so they were ... getting some food, waiting to go in. And there’s also a valet line there,” said Van Gerpen, a public information officer. “The valet podium was taken out, the taco truck was taken out, and then a large number of people were impacted by the vehicle.”
People inside the club came out to help in the minutes before emergency crews arrived, he said, to help the victims.
Footage apparently of the aftermath showed panicked people running outside the club and victims sprawled on a blood-stained sidewalk while others sobbed nearby.
The driver of the car, reportedly a Nissan Versa, was pulled from the vehicle, handcuffed and brutally beaten, a video on social media showed.
“When officers arrived, they found the driver being assaulted by bystanders and determined he had sustained a gunshot wound. He was transported to a local hospital and his condition is unknown at this time,” the LAPD statement said.
The suspected gunman fled on foot, it said.
‘HEARTBREAKING TRAGEDY:’ Many clubgoers were outside when the car ploughed into the crowd, a taco truck and a valet stand, a firefighter said.
“They were all standing in line going into a nightclub. There was a taco cart out there, so they were ... getting some food, waiting to go in. And there’s also a valet line there,” Los Angeles Fire Department Captain Adam Van Gerpen told ABC News.
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