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23 injured after vehicle plows into police recruits in U.S. California

US Materials 17 November 2022 00:46 (UTC +04:00)
23 injured after vehicle plows into police recruits in U.S. California

A total of 23 people were injured after a driver plowed into a group of police recruits during a training run in the south of the western U.S. state of California Wednesday morning, authorities said, Trend reports citing Xinhua.

"There are currently 23 patients. Five are in critical condition, four in moderate condition, and 14 in minor condition," said the Los Angeles County Fire Department in a tweet, adding that the department's units "are on scene of mass causality incident in the city of Whittier."

Twenty-two of the injured are recruits of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. They were on a run as part of a training exercise when a 22-year-old driver going the wrong way crashed into the group, reported KABC-TV, the West Coast flagship station of the ABC television network, citing officials.

The driver was also injured and suffered minor injuries, according to the report.

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