2 patients hospitalized, 8 cars damaged in late-night Los Angeles crash caught on video

A brutal crash sent at least two people to the hospital and damaged eight cars and city property on Saturday night in a suburban neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to KTLA on Sunday that officers responded to calls of a two-car collision in the 14600 block of Polk Street at 11:42 p.m. on May 24. Officers arrived and discovered that a total of eight vehicles had been hit and a street light had been knocked down in this crash. The L.A. Fire Department said there were two ambulance transports to a local hospital, but that no information was available on the age, gender or condition of the victims. Unconfirmed reports from the stringer service Key News Network said the initial collision happened between a Chevrolet Camaro and a Ford SUV, which were both seen with remarkable damage in footage taken at the scene. Witnesses at the scene told KNN that the impact of the crash between the two cars sent the Ford careening through a light pole and into a chain link fence in a nearby front yard, and that, simultaneously, the Camaro went out of control and struck several parked cars on Polk Street. Although officials could not immediately provide the identities of the patients hospitalized, more unconfirmed reports from KNN said both patients were the drivers of the Ford and Camaro – that the Ford driver was a woman who was transported with unknown injuries, and the Camaro driver was a man who was first evaluated at the scene by medical personnel. Witnesses also told KNN that the Camaro appeared to be speeding down the street before the crash and, although officials did not confirm if speed was a factor in this incident, neighbors told KTLA that they are fed up with the speeding up and down that intersection. Some neighbors emphasized this message to KTLA, saying they want a signal light installed in that intersection because they’ve seen too many cars racing down the road. LAPD said investigators are still trying to determine what caused the crash, and did not say whether impairment may have been a contributing factor.