UPDATE: Sheriff says it appears SUV accelerated before slamming into jogging recruits, reaching speed of at least 30 mph
LASD Capt. Pat MacDonald, who leads the department's training bureau, said the recruits left for their run with two patrol vehicles as an escort following the usual procedure."There was a light pole on the east side of the street and the one thing that was relayed to me was, 'Thank God for that light pole' because the vehicle ultimately hit it and stopped as opposed to possibly hitting more recruits," said MacDonald.
Earlier on Wednesday as the scene was unfolding, AIR7 HD captured more than a dozen sheriff's units along with several fire trucks and ambulances at the scene. First responders were seen treating the recruits in the middle of the street and loading several others into ambulances."I come out to see people on the floor ... it was really crazy," said the witness, who wished to be identified only as Joseph.
"The car was completely wrecked, like the whole front end was done," he said. "The light pole was on the floor ... it was like three or four of us neighbors that came out because this has happened before. We've lived here for 10 years. It's happened before like where a car crashes into a gate, but this was like ... no one could ever imagine for this to happen.
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