HOLLYWOOD — A fiery vehicle crash early Monday morning that started in Hollywood and ended in West Hollywood killed a man and injured two women.
The crash occurred about 2:30 a.m. on Sunset Boulevard, the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center confirmed. The area — at Roxbury Road — is on the border of Hollywood and West Hollywood, and is a block south of the famed Chateau Marmont hotel.
The impact occurred in Hollywood, but the burning vehicle came to rest in the 8200 block of Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, according to Lt. J. Aguirre of the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station.
Video from the scene showed the charred remnants of the vehicle and Los Angeles City firefighters dousing it with water. Los Angeles police officers and West Hollywood sheriff’s deputies were at the scene.
Fox 11 video showed a canopy over the charred vehicle in the roadway, and the station reported a man was killed and two women were critically injured.
Video from the scene shows civilians and firefighters tending to the two injured passengers.
Photographers at the scene reported that the vehicle was a Tesla SUV, but officials have not confirmed that information.
The vehicle hit a tree in Hollywood and stopped and caught fire in West Hollywood, Fox 11 reported.
Sunset Boulevard was closed in the area for the investigation and cleanup.
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