At least 30 people hurt after driver plows into crowd outside East Hollywood club

( NYPost )

More than 30 people were hurt after a driver plowed into a crowd standing outside an East Hollywood nightclub on Friday night, according to officials.

Seven of the victims were in critical condition after the incident, which unfolded at 2 a.m. Saturday when a Nissan Versa flew into the crowd outside of The Vermont Hollywood club on Santa Monica Boulevard, near the intersection of Vermont Avenue, officials said. 

“They were all standing in line going into a nightclub. There was a taco cart out there, so they were…getting some food, waiting to go in. And there’s also a valet line out there,” Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Adam VanGerpen said. “The valet podium was taken out, the taco truck was taken out, and then a large number of people were impacted by the vehicle.” 

The majority of the people in line for the concert at the nightclub, which was billed as “So-Cal’s Biggest Reggaeton & Hip-Hop Party,” were women, according to VanGerpen. 

At least three victims were in critical condition. 

One of the patients had a gunshot wound, said paramedics, but the victim had yet to be identified and it was unclear if that victim was connected to the crash.

The majority of the 31 patients were being treated and transported to area hospitals and trauma centers, Van Gerpen said.

The cause of the crash was being probed, officials said.

“This is under police investigation,” VanGerpen said. “This will be a large investigation with the LAPD.”

People inside the club came out to help the victims in the minutes before emergency crews arrived on the scene, the captain said.