A 57-year-old pedestrian was killed and two different folks had been injured Thursday when a person in a stolen Amazon supply truck drove onto the sidewalk and crashed right into a constructing in South Los Angeles, police stated.
The pedestrian, a person who was not instantly recognized, was pinned down by the truck and died on the scene following the crash close to South Fundamental Avenue and forty seventh Place about 2:15 p.m., based on the Los Angeles Police Division.
The suspect, Cristian Ramos Sanchez, 37, tried to flee the scene on foot however bystanders adopted him and known as 911, police stated. He was arrested lower than a mile away and booked on suspicion of felony hit and run.
Sanchez’s bail was set at $85,000, police stated.
The incident started when an Amazon driver stepped out of his truck to make a supply within the space round 2 p.m., authorities stated. A person then jumped within the truck and drove off.
The motive force known as 911 to report the theft, however the truck crashed right into a parked automobile alongside South Fundamental Avenue lower than 10 minutes later, based on authorities. The truck thief triggered one other automobile to crash into a number of parked automobiles, police stated. He then drove the Amazon truck onto the sidewalk, hitting pedestrians and a constructing, police stated.
Three pedestrians had been hit on the sidewalk, based on police. Two pedestrians suffered minor accidents as they narrowly prevented being hit by the truck, however the third sufferer was pinned beneath the automobile.
The pedestrian who was killed was a road vendor, KTLA-TV reported.
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