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Mother's Day Auto vs Ped Incident Results in 2 Fatalities

Department: LAFD - [Los Angeles, California]


On Sunday, May 13, at 7:09 AM, 5 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 7 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 3 EMS Battalion Captains and 1 Battalion Chief Officer Command Team all under the direction of Battalion Chief Kwame Cooper responded to an Auto vs. Pedestrian at 999 W. Century Bl. in the South Los Angeles area.

Responding to a frantic 911 call forwarded through the OCD Dispatch Center, the men and women of the Los Angeles Fire Department arrived on the scene of a multi patient car accident, car into a bus bench. One female, 20 - 30 years old, was initially the only fatality at the scene of this incident. A quick and thorough assessment of the remaining victims, found one elderly female partially underneath the vehicle, pinned into the wrought iron fence of the auto repair business located directly behind the bus bench. The elderly patient was extricated and assessed with severe leg trauma. The two female victims were selling Mother's Day gift baskets at the time of the incident.

Also dispatched to the incident was a Los Angeles County Engine and a private ambulance transported the next critically injured male patient to an area trauma hospital. The extent of his injuries are unknown at this time. A family member, a 20 year old male suffered severe head trauma with agonal respirations, finally succummed to his injuries shortly after arriving at the local trauma hospital.

The two remaining males, 19 and 21 were transported with minor injuries. The cause of the accident is under investigation by the Police Department. Century Boulevard was shut down until the completion of the Police Department investigation and the body removal by the coroner's office.







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