Driver Charged with Murder After Fatal Pedestrian Crash in North Hollywood
Vidal Cruz Jr., 31, of Pacoima, drove his gray Acura into two pedestrians on Colfax Avenue around 2:25 a.m. Sunday, killing a man in his 30s at the scene and a woman in her 50s at a hospital. Cruz crashed into parked cars and a home before his arrest on two counts of murder with $4 million bail.
Substrate placeholder — needs reviewm. Sunday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The man, in his 30s, died at the scene of the crash. The woman, in her 50s, died later at the hospital after the crash. The two pedestrians had just stepped out of a parked Toyota Camry before being struck, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department stated.
After striking the pedestrians, Vidal Cruz Jr.
crashed his vehicle into three parked cars and a home, ABC 7 reported. Cruz slammed his car into a car parked in a driveway of a home in North Hollywood. The crash left a hole in the wall of the home in North Hollywood, according to ABC 7.
Charges Vidal Cruz Jr. was arrested following the incident. He was booked on two counts of murder, according to the LAPD. Bail for Vidal Cruz Jr. was set at $4 million, the LAPD stated.
Rojas, who lives at the home, said of the driver to ABC 7:
“He wasn’t as scared or as shocked as he should’ve been.”
That’s what I noticed." Diego Rojas added to ABC 7:
“He was just trying to get out of his car as if nothing happened, but two people passed away.”
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