Overview
- A car struck pedestrians in the Trader Joe’s parking lot at 3rd Street and Fairfax in Beverly Grove on Thursday around 1:20 p.m., leaving one person dead and four others taken to hospital.
- First responders set up a canopy over the person who died and treated multiple injured people at the scene, and a damaged sedan was left pinned against a partially crushed security stand.
- Police identified the driver as a woman in her 80s who remained at the scene and was treated by emergency personnel.
- Multiple news outlets reported the vehicle involved was a Tesla, but authorities have not confirmed the make of the car or released a cause for the crash.
- Investigators are expected to review witness video, store surveillance, vehicle data and medical checks to determine whether the crash was caused by driver error, a health issue or a mechanical problem, and the case remains under LAPD investigation.