fire & rescue firegeezer on 27 May 2008 04:08 pm
Fiery Crash In Los Angeles
A FIERY COLLISION INVOLVING SIX VEHICLES IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, Monday evening killed 7 people and sent 16 more in critical condition to area hospitals.
KNBC
Police say that a speeding SUV ran through a red light and crashed into a van carrying 8 members of one family. The SUV went airborne and when it landed on the sidewalk broke out in fire. The two people in the SUV burned to death inside the car.
The collision led to a chain-reaction crash involving four more vehicles.
Three children in the van, ages 12, 7 and 4, were declared dead at the scene.
More than 100 firefighters responded to the scene and a full triage area was set up.
KNBC
KNBC Ch. 4 has the STORY and VIDEO.
The Associated Press has this video report:
