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South China Morning Post
3 days ago
- South China Morning Post
Driver shot after ramming car into crowd outside LA club, injuring 30
A car slammed into a crowd outside a Los Angeles nightclub early Saturday on morning, injuring at least 30 people, before the driver was assaulted by onlookers and shot, the city's police and fire departments said. At least seven people were in critical condition and six others were seriously injured, the fire department said in an online statement. The driver was later found to have been shot, according to Los Angeles police, who were searching for a suspected gunman who fled the scene. The driver was taken to a hospital, and his condition was unknown. Twenty-three victims were transported to local hospitals and trauma centres, according to police. Fire Captain Adam Van Gerpen said that a line of people, mostly women, was waiting to get into a nightclub when a Nissan Versa crashed into them, as well as a taco truck and a valet stand. A vehicle sits on the pavement after ramming into a crowd of people in Los Angeles early on Saturday. Photo: AP 'They were all standing in line going into a nightclub. There was a taco cart out there, so they were … getting some food, waiting to go in. And there's also a valet line there,' said Van Gerpen, a public information officer.
The Independent
4 days ago
- The Independent
Emergency workers surround Los Angeles car collision site as at least 20 injured
Emergency services flocked to Los Angeles after a vehicle ploughed into a crowd outside an East Hollywood nightclub, leaving at least 20 people injured. The vehicle is understood to have hit a taco cart and ploughed into pedestrians at around 2am local time after a driver lost consciousness. Many of those injured were said to be standing in line to get into the nightclub or getting food from the taco truck. Authorities said three people are fighting for their lives in a critical condition, with a further six seriously hurt after a car hit bystanders on Santa Monica Boulevard, near the intersection with Vermont Avenue. A total of 19 others are believed to have suffered more minor injuries and have been described as in a 'fair condition'.
CBS News
01-07-2025
- CBS News
Suburban Chicago woman says she paid $390 deposit for food truck that never came to party
Family says they were scammed after taco truck was a no-show at graduation party Family says they were scammed after taco truck was a no-show at graduation party Family says they were scammed after taco truck was a no-show at graduation party The arrival of a food truck was supposed to be a highlight of one Lake County, Illinois, family's graduation party — but when the food truck they booked didn't show, it turned into a heartbreaking lesson. The family said they wanted to share their story so others don't make the same mistake. "When I woke up the next day, I thought, I can't let this happen to another family," said scam victim Kim Koukal of Antioch. Koukal had a warning to other would-be taco truck customers that the man who recruited her business never showed up to the family's Saturday graduation party. Days later, her daughter's graduation gown was still hanging in their home — in room shared by some paper plates that never got used because the taco truck never came. "Because other families are going to have parties, and I didn't want any other child to be disappointed like my daughter was," Koukal said. Koukal said she was contacted by a man using the name Arnold Vallejo and Arnold's Taco Truck when she looked for vendors on a food truck Facebook group. She said she signed the contract Vallejo sent, and sent him $390 via Zelle as a deposit — a figure amounting to half the total estimate for his services. But communication slowed as the party approached, and a last call to confirm the event was never returned. "Nothing. And then the afternoon, nothing, and the evening, nothing," said Koukal, "and then I started to get sick to my stomach. I could not sleep." CBS News Chicago got a hold of that food truck vendor by phone. He said he didn't make the appointment because he is currently hospitalized, and will be refunding her money. But CBS News Chicago also found evidence of similar situations with other customers of Arnold's Taco Truck going back years. In September 2022, the Better Business Bureau investigated another complaint alleging the truck never showed to an appointment. Vallejo said that was not his business on the complaint, but the phone number and web address matched photos posted on Facebook. Koukal found more Facebook users who claimed Vallejo never showed. He did not respond to CBS News Chicago's questions about those. "I thought she did really amazing despite the last-minute changes," Koukal's daughter, recent graduate Madison Koukal, said of her mom's efforts. "I thought she made the most of it, and it was really good." Koukal's daughters and friends said they still had fun. "It goes down in the history, a little story now," said recent graduate Lily Loos. "But I honestly think like, if you showed up, and you didn't know there was supposed to be a taco truck, like, you probably wouldn't have known." But Kim Koukal wants to make sure nobody else spends hundreds of dollars with no food to show for it. "Well, at least I had all those appetizers," she said. The food truck owner said he was going to refund Kim Koukal immediately. But as of Monday night, he still had not done so.
