A vehicle drives into a crowd in Los Angeles, injuring 30 people, including at least 3 critically

LOS ANGELES AP A car rammed into a crowd of people waiting to enter a nightclub along a busy boulevard in Los Angeles early Saturday injuring people Casualties were transported to local hospitals and trauma centers according to Capt Adam Van Gerpen constituents information officer for the Los Angeles City Fire Department At least three were in critical condition after being injured along Santa Monica Boulevard in East Hollywood the Fire Department declared in a comment Van Gerpen announced that a line of people the majority female were waiting to enter a nightclub when they were struck by a Nissan Versa that also hit a taco truck and valet stand Paramedics discovered that one of the patients had a gunshot wound Van Gerpen declared He described The Associated Press that the identity of that person was not yet known This is under police research he commented This will be a large inquiry with the LAPD People inside the club came out to help in the minutes before urgency crews arrived he declared to help the casualties They were all standing in line going into a nightclub There was a taco cart out there so they were getting particular food waiting to go in And there s also a valet line there he explained The valet podium was taken out the taco truck was taken out and then a large number of people were impacted by the van