A Mercedes running a red light above speeding through a busy intersection in Los Angeles County Windsor Hills neighborhood on Thursday, killing six people and injuring eight others.
The Mercedes is speeding crashed into two cars at the intersection of South La Brea Avenue and Slauson Avenue. The force of the collision sent the vehicles into a gas station on the corner.
The six deaths included an infant and a pregnant woman. One of the bodies was found in the completely burned wreckage of their vehicle. All six people were declared dead at the scene, KTLA report. Police told the station that six to seven vehicles were involved in the crash.
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KTLA reporters spoke to several witnesses of this fiery crash:
Witness Veronica Esquival was pumping gas to avoid the collision and said she covered her head for protection as debris flew around.
“Suddenly a baby flew from the middle of the intersection to the middle of the gas station and landed right on the floor in front of me, literally,” Esquival said. “One of the workers came and saw me with the baby and took the baby out of my arms. Someone tried to resuscitate the baby, but the baby was gone.”
Alphonso Word said he was just a few cars away from the intersection when the collision happened “like a bomb”.
“Like I said, it’s the kids. That’s what touched me more than anything, the kids, who didn’t get a chance. The mother is probably happy that she has a baby,” Word said.
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The California Highway Patrol is currently investigating the cause of the crash. It identified the driver of the speeding Mercedes as a woman in her 40s who suffered serious injuries.
“It’s just not clear the reason for the high speed at this point… People need to drive more carefully because so many crashes happen and this just happens to be at the top of the list in terms of how bad they are. encountered,” said CHP spokesman Franco Pepsi in a statement to the media.
