Nine hurt when pickup truck drives onto sidewalk, hits vendor stands and pedestrians at Alvarado Street and Wilshire Boulevard in Westlake, Los Angeles, California
9 injured when truck veers off road, crashes onto sidewalk in Westlake
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the driver of a black 2001 Ford F-150 was heading westbound on Wilshire Boulevard and somehow lost control and veered off the road, and onto the sidewalk crashing into several street vendor stands and pedestrians.
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