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# Three Killed After Vehicle Hits Pedestrians Outside Los Angeles Metro Station
- URL: https://www.theamericanquorum.com/three-killed-after-vehicle-hits-pedestrians-outside-los-angeles-metro-station/
- Published: 2026-11-11T13:04:49.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-11T13:04:49.000Z
- Description: A vehicle left North Lankershim Boulevard and struck pedestrians and street vendors outside the North Hollywood Metro station, killing three people. Police are reviewing video to determine what happened.
- Author: News Desk
- Tags: US, California

Three people were killed Tuesday evening, Nov. 10, when a vehicle drove onto a sidewalk near the North Hollywood Metro station in Los Angeles and struck pedestrians and street vendors. The Los Angeles [Fire Department](https://lafd.org/alert/autopedestrian-multifatality-11102026-inc1576?ref=theamericanquorum.com) said the collision was reported at 5:55 p.m. local time on North Lankershim Boulevard. Three people died at the scene, and paramedics initially reported taking at least three others to hospitals in critical condition.

Two pedestrians and the driver were among those hospitalized, police and fire officials told [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/three-dead-after-vehicle-hits-pedestrians-los-angeles-fire-department-says-2026-11-11/?ref=theamericanquorum.com). Police said the collision remained under investigation. The crash happened during the evening commute, close to a station entrance and a food stand near Chandler Boulevard.

## A vehicle left the road near a station entrance

Los Angeles Police Capt. Mike Bland told the Los Angeles [Times](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-11-10/three-dead-in-crash-near-north-hollywood-metro-station?ref=theamericanquorum.com) that the vehicle was heading south on Lankershim when it went over the curb. The newspaper reported that it came to rest on the sidewalk beneath a canopy. Images from the scene also showed the damaged vehicle next to a transit shelter, Reuters reported. The crash occurred on the sidewalk outside the station.

Vendors regularly set up near the station entrances, serving people on their way to and from trains, the Times reported. A witness who was working at a nearby food stand told the [Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-car-into-pedestrians-6b8fc32f9fea3956e42b77f5d98f0825?ref=theamericanquorum.com) that he heard the impact and saw people rush toward those who had been hit. Mayor Karen Bass said street vendors were among the people struck and said her office was coordinating with city departments as responders worked at the scene.

Firefighters and paramedics responded alongside police, who took over the investigation into how the crash happened. Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger expressed condolences and said she would seek more information as the investigation progressed, Reuters reported.

## Police turn to video to establish what happened

Police Chief Jim McDonnell said investigators would examine video of the crash frame by frame, according to the AP. Authorities were seeking footage from the bus station, [CNN](https://kesq.com/news/national-world/cnn-national/2026/11/11/at-least-3-people-dead-after-vehicle-strikes-pedestrians-in-north-hollywood-officials-say/?ref=theamericanquorum.com) reported. Capt. Warner Castillo said the driver, a man in his 60s, could speak after he was taken out of the vehicle. Castillo said police did not yet know whether the crash was accidental or deliberate.

In a later account, detectives said the driver appeared to be trying to avoid another car that was being driven legally, [CBS](https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/north-hollywood-food-stand-crash-metro-bus-stop-lankershim-chandler-boulevard/?ref=theamericanquorum.com) Los Angeles reported. Police were still investigating and looking for recordings from nearby businesses as well as the station. That account described what may have preceded the vehicle leaving the road; it was not a final finding about the cause. The fire department’s dispatch record also left the circumstances unconfirmed and directed questions about the crash to police. [ABC News](https://abcnews.com/US/3-dead-after-suv-crashes-pedestrians-los-angeles/story?id=138035600&ref=theamericanquorum.com) reported that police described the three people killed as women ages 40, 53 and 69\. The outlet also reported that police expected to take the hospitalized driver into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence. That report did not establish that the driver had been charged or that impairment caused the crash.

## One entrance closed, while transit stayed open

One Metro entrance remained closed Tuesday night, but the bus and subway stations otherwise stayed open, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesperson Jose Ubaldo told the AP. That meant the disruption reported by Metro was to access at one entrance rather than a shutdown of the rail or bus stations. The statement described conditions on Tuesday night; it did not give a reopening time for the entrance.

North Hollywood is a transfer point for the B Line subway, the G Line busway and local buses. A [Metro map](https://mybus.metro.net/files/schedules/155%5FTT%5F06-07-26.pdf?ref=theamericanquorum.com) shows bus connections around Lankershim and Chandler, where people move between stops and station entrances. Los Angeles City Council member Adrin Nazarian, whose district includes North Hollywood, described the area around the station as busy and the neighborhood as close-knit, the AP reported.

## A busy transit hub already slated for redevelopment

Metro had approved plans for major changes around the station well before Tuesday’s crash. In 2024, the [Metro board](https://www.metro.net/about/media-relations/la-metro-board-approves-largest-joint-development-project-in-metros-history-at-the-north-hollywood-metro-station/?ref=theamericanquorum.com) authorized a development agreement for an 11.8-acre project called District NoHo. The proposal includes more than 1,400 apartments when complete, along with shops, offices and more than two acres of publicly accessible open space. Metro described the station as the junction of the subway, busway and more than 15 municipal bus lines.

Separately, the city’s [transportation department](https://ladot.lacity.gov/dotnews/weekly-update-april-02-2026?ref=theamericanquorum.com) reported in April that 290 people died in traffic crashes across Los Angeles in 2025\. That figure covers the city and all types of road users; it does not measure risk at this station or explain this crash. The department has described its approach to reducing deaths as a combination of street engineering, education and enforcement.

The development plans predate the crash, and officials have not linked the project to the collision. Police said Tuesday night that determining the cause could take time. Police have not announced a final determination of what caused the vehicle to leave the road.