A man accused of killing three people and injuring two others after crashing his car into street vendors and pedestrians in Hollywood has been arrested, police confirmed Wednesday.
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The deadly crash happened just before 6 PM on Tuesday near the Metro Station in Hollywood. Los Angeles Fire Department stated that three victims were hospitalized, including the driver.
The driver, 61-year-old Ihor Demianenko, is accused of driving a white minivan at an "unsafe speed" when he veered off the road and into nearby pedestrians. He is being held at Valley Jail on a whopping $6 million bond, according to LA County Sheriff's inmate records.
"We don't know if it was done intentionally or it was done by accident," LAPD Captain Warner Castillo said, adding that the driver appeared to be in shock when pulled from the wreckage.
Aerial video from KCBS/KCAL shows the severely damaged white minivan under a blue canopy and surrounded by debris. A tipped-over food vendor cart is also shown.
Witness Angela Parker said she heard the glass shatter from the crash.
"The car goes into the glass ... all the glass is falling down," she told CNN affiliate KABC.
Parker added that the street vendors involved in the crash often gave food to those in need.
"They were so kind to me," Parker said.
"Everybody knows them... they just sit there, and everything is right there. They display everything and everybody just comes and buys stuff from them and talk to them... They're the nicest ladies ever," another witness told ABC 7.
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The LAPD said the victims were each Latina women between the ages of 40 and 60. They're yet to be identified publicly, pending notification of next of kin.
Two of the victims are in critical condition, the outlet reported.
"I'm heartbroken for the families of everyone impacted," said
