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The woman driving a Toyota Prius hit the bicyclist shortly after
noon and then continued for another block before swerving into
the bakery section of a 99 Ranch Market and then coming to a
stop, trapping several people underneath the vehicle, police and
fire officials said.
Capt. Anthony Espinoza of the Los Angeles Police Department
called the crash “an unfortunate accident," and said it is not
believed to have been intentional.
Two men, ages 30 and 55, and a 42-year-old woman, who were all
inside the bakery at the time, died at the scene, the Los
Angeles Fire Department said in its report. Two men, both 35,
were taken to the hospital in critical condition, and two other
men, ages 38 and 37, were in fair condition, according to the
department.
The bicyclist and the driver declined offers to be taken to the
hospital, the fire department said.
The driver was a 92-year-old woman, Los Angeles Fire Department
spokesperson Lyndsey Lantz told The Associated Press. Officials
said she was cooperating with investigators and was undergoing a
medical evaluation.
TV news footage showed a silver Prius fully inside the store,
its trunk popped open. Next to it was a bright yellow sign
directing shoppers to Korean street food and desserts. A popular
Asian supermarket chain with about two dozen stores in
California, the 99 Ranch Market store that was damaged is about
a mile from the University of California, Los Angeles, campus.
“I can’t tell you how many coffees I’ve gotten in that bakery,”
Sean Divekar, 32, told the Los Angeles Times, becoming emotional
as he learned people were killed.
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Watson reported from San Diego.
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