New details emerged Thursday about the man accused of driving his SUV into a group of recruits, mostly from the LA County Sheriff’s Department, including that it may have been an intentional act.
The sheriff’s department says the man they arrested is 22-year-old Nicholas Gutierrez from Diamond Bar.The sheriff's department said a DUI breath and field sobriety test administered at the scene did not indicate the driver was under the influence of alcohol.Five police and deputy recruits remain hospitalized in critical condition after a wrong way driver slammed into their cadet class out on a training run in Whittier. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News on Nov. 16, 2022.
The 75 recruits were running northbound on Mills Avenue when a southbound SUV veered into their path, traveling the wrong way on the neighborhood street at an estimated 30 to 40 mph. Video from a camera on a resident's property shows the Honda CRV headed toward the four columns of recruits, all dressed in white shirts as they jogged in formation on the side of the street.
The victims suffered head injuries broken bones and loss of limbs, Villanueva said at a Wednesday news conference. One victim was on a ventilator, Villanueva said. NBCLA learned Gutierrez was driving an unfamiliar route that morning and following a map application on his cellphone.
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