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Video captures fiery, high-speed crash at Southern California intersection

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Video captures fiery, high-speed crash at Southern California intersection

Dashcam video captured the moment a high-speed crash left a pickup truck in flames at a busy intersection in the San Fernando Valley.

The crash happened at Lassen Street and Sepulveda Boulevard in Mission Hills at around 5:09 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department. 

Dashcam video from a bystander showed a white Lexus sedan racing past him and slamming into the dark gray Ford pickup truck that was making a left turn.

The high-speed impact sent both cars spinning out of control and slamming into a traffic signal pole behind them. Flames were immediately ignited underneath the truck.

The truck landed on a nearby sidewalk and the white sedan crashed against a wall just outside of a CVS parking lot.

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  • Dashcam video captured a high-speed crash that left a pickup truck in flames in the Mission Hills neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley on August 17, 2024. (Seth Gurlal)
  • The Ford pickup truck was engulfed in flames as bystanders worked to rescue the trapped driver in Mission Hills on August 17, 2024. (KTLA)
  • The suspect's white Lexus sedan crashed into a nearby wall after slamming into a pickup truck in Mission Hills on August 17, 2024. (KTLA)
  • Both vehicles spun out of control and the truck was engulfed in flames after a high-speed crash in Mission Hills on August 17, 2024. (KTLA)
  • Both vehicles spun out of control and the truck was engulfed in flames after a high-speed crash in Mission Hills on August 17, 2024. (KTLA)
  • The suspect's white Lexus sedan crashed into a nearby wall after slamming into a pickup truck in Mission Hills on August 17, 2024. (KTLA)

Both vehicles were totaled as a large amount of auto debris was strewn across the busy intersection.

“I saw on my rearview mirror that [the white sedan] was coming so fast, they’re going to hit somebody,” said Seth Gurlal, whose dashcam captured the collision. “They had no regard for anybody.”

Witnesses said bystanders in the area immediately ran over to help the female driver who was injured and trapped inside the burning truck.

“They pulled out a woman but her feet were stuck,” said Rosa Madrigal, a witness. “They pulled it out, but the moment they did, I saw she was bleeding on the side.”

The woman was transported to the hospital where her condition remains unknown on Saturday night.

It’s unclear whether the suspect driver was also injured as the incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information can call the LAPD at 1-877-527-3247. 

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Footage of the crash can be seen in the video player above.

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Woman in her 20s dies after Los Angeles hit-and-run; suspect still at large

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Woman in her 20s dies after Los Angeles hit-and-run; suspect still at large

A suspect is at large after he allegedly killed a woman in a hit-and-run collision in North Hollywood on Friday night, authorities confirmed.

The collision occurred around 7 p.m. at the intersection of Victory Boulevard and Beck Avenue. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, a man driving a Toyota Corolla westbound on Victory hit a woman who was crossing the street in a marked crosswalk.

The woman, identified only as a Hispanic woman in her late 20s, was transported to a local hospital, where she later died.

Her full identity is pending notification of next of kin.

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Meanwhile, the man driving the Toyota failed to stop after the collision. The vehicle was later found abandoned along a curb on Victory, east of Troost Avenue.

The suspect was described as a white man in his 50s.

Anyone with information about this collision is encouraged to contact VTD Detective Ramirez at 818-644-8028 or Officer Ruiz at 818-644-8026.

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No major issues reported for night 2 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood

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No major issues reported for night 2 at Intuit Dome in Inglewood

The brand new Intuit Dome in Inglewood remembered to “Leave the Door Open” on Friday night, as the ticketing debacle from the night before was solved and fan waltzed into the new arena for a Bruno Mars concert.

Friday’s concert was the second of two as the pop superstar had the chance to open up the $2 billion arena and home of the Los Angeles Clippers.

Opening night on Thursday was a great show from Mars, by all accounts, but that doesn’t mean it went exactly smoothly.

Crowds wait to enter the Intuit Dome as tech issues delayed a Bruno Mars concert on Thursday night. (KTLA)

The unique ticketing systems at the arena, which requires patrons to download the Intuit Dome smartphone app, were down for about 40 minutes before the show. That meant fans couldn’t transfer their tickets from third-party sellers, and the arena’s face scanners, which allows visitors to enter the arena without scanning tickets, were down.

The complications led Mars to start the show nearly two hours after the scheduled time.

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But on Friday many of the complications appeared to be ironed out. The “24K Magic” singer started his set on time and the technological issues were held to a minimum.

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Winning $1 million Mega Millions ticket sold in Southern California

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Winning  million Mega Millions ticket sold in Southern California

One lucky Southern Californian is the state’s newest lottery winner after numbers for the $464 million Mega Millions jackpot were drawn Friday night.

The winning numbers were 22, 38, 48, 51, 61 and the Megaball number was 5. The Megaplier was 3X.

One SoCal ticket matched five numbers and will take home $1,016,356. The winning ticket was sold at Pavilions Place supermarket located at 21181 Newport Coast Drive in Newport Beach.

However, that ticket was not the grand prize winner as no one was able to match all six numbers to claim the $464 million jackpot.

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The jackpot will increase to an estimated $498 million for next Tuesday night’s drawing on Aug. 20.

The odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot is about 1 in 302.6 million.

USA Mega, which tracks Mega Millions statistics, says the most common Mega Millions numbers are 10, 3, 17, 14 and 46 for the first five numbers. The most common Mega ball number is 11.

Mega Millions is played in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Tickets are $2 and there are a total of nine ways to win a prize. Drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday at 8 p.m.

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