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A motorcyclist was struck and killed in North Hollywood Friday evening, authorities said.
The collision happened shortly after 6 p.m. near Valerio Street and Tujunga Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department North Hollywood Division.
Police initially said the driver of a sedan (pictured below) drove away and the crash may have been a hit-and-run. Later, officers at the scene stated that the crash looks like a "tragic accident" and they are questioning a driver.
Four people were hurt, one critically, in a multi-car crash in Woodland Hills Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Alcohol was believed to be involved and investigators are currently looking into whether street racing was involved as well, according to the LAPD.
The collision happened about 9:45 p.m. in the 5600 block of Oakdale Avenue just north of the Ventura (101) Freeway and east of Winnetka Avenue.
Debris from the crash was strewn across three lanes of roadway and one car landed on a sidewalk near a bus bench, according to aerial footage.
Los Angeles police say talk show host Arsenio Hall drove off a road in the San Fernando Valley but he's uninjured.
Hall lost control of his Porsche and drove into a dirt shoulder at around 7:15 p.m. Monday in West Hills.
The car had to be towed.
It's unclear why Hall lost control of the car but police have ruled out driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
A tour bus heading back from a Southern California casino crashed on a freeway east of Los Angeles early Monday, injuring 13 people, authorities said.
The bus went off the shoulder of an Interstate 10 off-ramp in Baldwin Park shortly after 4:30 a.m., a California Highway Patrol Officer said.
The bus wheels went into a small drainage ditch and it came to rest against a fence and light pole but remain upright.
Eleven people received minor injuries and two received moderate injuries, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Tami Erin, who played the plucky tween in the 1988 film 'The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking' was allegedly 'totally out of control … just out of it' after she drunkenly hit three vehicles and sped off from the scene of the crime.
Actress Tami Erin was arrested after she allegedly hit three vehicles while driving drunk.
Erin was arrested after she hit three cars while driving in Los Angeles, reported TMZ.com.
Officers said that one person was taken to hospital following the incident.
Erin, 39, was given a sobriety test and arrested.
Authorities continued to investigate Saturday after a man who led police on a high-speed pursuit through Los Angeles for more than an hour Friday night died after he crashed into another car and was shot by police.
The chase began before 9:30 p.m. as sheriff's deputies pursued the silver Corvette for reckless driving, officials said.
Deputies abandoned the chase and left a helicopter over the car as it sped through surface streets near Huntington Park in Cudahy. Minutes later, CHP officers began pursuing the driver as it drove with it lights off through neighborhoods.