West Hills, CA – A dramatic two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Platt Avenue and Vanowen Street in West Hills on November 22, 2024, at 9:06 p.m. sent one car crashing into a building, injuring an elderly woman and alarming an MMA sparring class inside. The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) extricated the woman, in her 70s, from the wreckage and transported her to a hospital with injuries of unknown severity. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is investigating the cause of the crash, the latest in a series of accidents at this troubled intersection.
At 9:06 p.m. on November 22, 2024, LAFD and LAPD units responded to a reported traffic collision at Platt Avenue and Vanowen Street, a busy West Hills intersection.. According to LAFD alerts, one vehicle struck another in the intersection, causing the second car to veer off and crash into a building hosting an MMA sparring class. The impact trapped an elderly woman in her 70s inside the vehicle that hit the structure, requiring LAFD crews to perform extrication using hydraulic tools. She was transported to a hospital in an unknown condition, with no further details on her injuries released.
Inside the building, members of the MMA class witnessed the vehicle hurtling toward them but escaped unharmed, though shaken. “We saw it coming through the window, and it was terrifying,”. No injuries were reported among the class or occupants of the other vehicle, and the building sustained moderate structural damage, pending assessment by the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety. The intersection was closed for several hours as LAPD’s Valley Traffic Division secured the scene and cleared debris.
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