Trolley Loses Brakes, Careens Into Shopping Center
Witnesses Say Trolley Barreled Into Plants
POSTED: 10:53 pm PDT May 16,
2008
UPDATED: 1:52 pm PDT May 17,
2008
LOS ANGELES -- Authorities Saturday said that a double-decker trolley bus lost its brakes late Friday and crashed at The Grove shopping center in Los Angeles, injuring an unknown number of people.VideoFire spokeswoman d'Lisa Davies said emergency crews were at the scene. The report came in at 9:39 p.m.
The trolley did not come off the tracks or hit anyone, said Davies, who didn't immediately have more information.Witnesses and people injured on the trolley said the bus hit a bunch of plants."I was on the top of the trolley and it was going full speed and then we just crashed," said Wonoh Massaquoi, who was celebrating her graduation from the University of Southern California with family and friends.Massaquoi said her mother, who was also on the trolley, injured her arm and was treated by paramedics.Massaquoi said she saw three injured also being treated."They were all bloodied," she said.The Grove is a popular shopping mall in central Los Angeles.
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