At least 6 injured after car plows into crowd near SoFi Stadium: Reports
The Los Angeles County Fire Department confirmed that six people were injured after being hit by a vehicle after a crowd of people were leaving the stadium, located in Inglewood, California, local news outlets KTLA5 and ABC 7 Eyewitness News reported.
The crash was reported at 10:23 p.m. local time, and the six victims were transported to the hospital with minor injuries before 11 p.m., according to KTLA5.
USA TODAY has reached out to the Los Angeles County Fire Department for more information.
The crowd was leaving the CONCACAF Gold Cup, a soccer tournament held in the stadium, when the crash, which was declared a mass casualty incident, happened, according to ABC 7. The cause of the crash is unclear.
The crowd was leaving a match between Mexico and the Dominican Republic, which took place at the stadium.
Officials are investigating the crash.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Los Angeles Times
9 hours ago
- Los Angeles Times
Irvine man charged with hate crimes against Latino men, accused of racial slurs and throwing hot coffee
An Irvine man was charged with hate crimes against Latino men after he was videotaped allegedly hurling racial slurs and throwing hot coffee on one man and punching an elderly man. Robert Tackett, a 54-year-old Irvine resident, was charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm, a felony count of violation of civil rights, a felony count of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury and a felony count of inflicting injury on an elder adult, according to an Orange County District Attorney's Office news release. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of eight years in state prison, officials said. He is being held on $500,000 bail at the Orange County Jail. According to the release, Tackett had a 'negative interaction with the driver of a garbage truck' and the incident was filmed by another driver. Tackett allegedly followed the driver who filmed him, tried to run him off the road and slam into his vehicle, and yelled 'anti-Hispanic racial slurs.' Tackett allegedly tried twice to crash into the driver's vehicle and threw a hot cup of coffee onto the car and driver, authorities said. The driver didn't call police but was identified after he posted the video on social media. In a video obtained by KTLA5, a man later identified as Tackett was seen driving a white work van and swerving into the lane of the driver, who was taking the video. In a second incident around 5:30 p.m. on the same day, Tackett is accused of getting out of his van after stopping at a stoplight in Westminster and punching a 72-year-old driver through the window of his pickup truck 'while yelling profanity and anti-Hispanic slurs,' authorities said. Another driver recorded the alleged attack and called the Irvine Police Department after seeing the video of the first attack on social media, officials said. Tackett was arrested by California Highway Patrol on July 24 in Mammoth, officials said. 'Hate is a venom that poisons everything — and everyone — it touches. An attack motivated by hate is not an attack on just a single individual; it is an attack on the very fabric of our society and our community as a whole,' said Orange County Dist. Atty. Todd Spitzer in the release. .
Newsweek
30-06-2025
- Newsweek
ICE Agents Arrest Mother of Two at Assisted Living Facility
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Federal immigration agents arrested a mother of two after she fled into a nearby assisted living facility in Pasadena, according to KTLA 5. Rosalina Luna Vargas was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Saturday morning on the morning of June 28, 2025, at around 8 AM in Pasadena, according to a post on GoFundMe. Newsweek has contacted the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the family for comment. Government agents muster nearby before an immigration sting at Corso's Flower and Garden Center, Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in Castalia, Ohio. Government agents muster nearby before an immigration sting at Corso's Flower and Garden Center, Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in Castalia, Ohio. John Minchillo/AP Photo Why It Matters The arrest comes amid a crackdown on immigration by President Donald Trump's administration. Trump has vowed to remove millions of immigrants without legal status as part of a hard-line mass deportation policy. The White House has said that anyone living in the country illegally is a "criminal." What To Know Vargas works as a caregiver, according to a post on GoFundMe, which has been set up by the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, a worker rights advocacy group. Her children were there when the incident happened during the day at the intersection of Catalina and Del Mar. Jillian Reed, a Caltech graduate and local resident, captured the event on video as she drove past and saw the events unfold from the sidewalk. The video shows three individuals in plain clothes, two of whom were wearing masks and badges on lanyards, attempting to guide Vargas into an unmarked Honda Accord. A third man who had no visible identification was also involved, per a report by KTLA 5. "I saw the commotion while driving, and when I slowed down, the kids shouted for help," Reed told the outlet. "They kept asking for a warrant. They told the officers they would stop resisting if they just showed them a warrant. One of the men said he had one but didn't show it." Reed told KTLA 5 that she called 911, reporting what she initially believed to be a possible kidnapping. Vargas reportedly broke free from the agents and ran into the courtyard of the nearby Del Mar Park Assisted Living Facility, followed closely by her children. The agents pursued, but the children intervened, attempting to physically shield their mother. "They formed a human wall," Reed said. "One of the kids clung to her, telling her, 'Don't let go! Don't let go!' while crying. Then he started shouting to the crowd, 'I can't lose my mom!'" Pasadena police later arrived and collected statements from witnesses at the scene. According to Reed, ICE agents returned afterward and took Vargas into custody. A family member informed Reed that the warrant involved a different individual. What People Are Saying The National Day Laborer Organizing Network wrote in a post on GoFundMe: We are heartbroken and outraged. No one should be taken from their family like this. Rosalina's detention has left her children traumatized and without the daily care and love that only a mother can give. California State Senator Sasha Renée Pérez said in a post on X: "Pasadena mom Rosalina Vargas was taken by immigration enforcement early Saturday morning in front of her children. Please consider donating to her family to help her legal defense and cover the basic needs of her children. Reed told KTLA 5: "I didn't know if I was witnessing a hate crime or a kidnapping. And because they might have been law enforcement, I wasn't even sure whether to call the police."
Indianapolis Star
16-06-2025
- Indianapolis Star
At least 6 injured after car plows into crowd near SoFi Stadium: Reports
At least six people were injured after a car plowed into a crowd near SoFi Stadium south of Los Angeles, according to local reports. The Los Angeles County Fire Department confirmed that six people were injured after being hit by a vehicle after a crowd of people were leaving the stadium, located in Inglewood, California, local news outlets KTLA5 and ABC 7 Eyewitness News reported. The crash was reported at 10:23 p.m. local time, and the six victims were transported to the hospital with minor injuries before 11 p.m., according to KTLA5. USA TODAY has reached out to the Los Angeles County Fire Department for more information. The crowd was leaving the CONCACAF Gold Cup, a soccer tournament held in the stadium, when the crash, which was declared a mass casualty incident, happened, according to ABC 7. The cause of the crash is unclear. The crowd was leaving a match between Mexico and the Dominican Republic, which took place at the stadium. Officials are investigating the crash.
