7 Critically Injured, 30 Hurt as Vehicle Strikes Crowd in East Hollywood

The car crashed into a crowd standing outside a nightclub in the early morning of July 19.

A vehicle sits on the sidewalk after ramming into a crowd of people waiting to enter a nightclub along a busy boulevard and injuring several people, in Los Angeles early Saturday, July 19, 2025. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo

At least 30 people were hurt in the early morning of July 19 after a vehicle drove into a crowd outside an East Hollywood nightclub, based on the latest estimates from the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD).

According to a Facebook post from the Los Angeles Police Department published around 10:30 a.m. local time, Rampart Patrol officers responded to a call reporting an assault with a deadly weapon in the area of Vermont Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard.