11 law enforcement recruits in critical condition after being hit by car during morning run in Whittier - FOX 11 Los Angeles

WHITTIER, Calif. - A radical of instrumentality enforcement recruits are successful captious information aft they were deed by a car during their greeting tally successful Whittier, authorities said. 

The California Highway Patrol said the incidental was reported astatine 6:30 a.m. adjacent the intersection of Mills Avenue and Telegraph Road. The recruits be the Sheriff’s Training Academy and Regional Services (STARS) Center located successful the 11500 artifact of Colima Road, which is astir a mile and a fractional from the clang site. 

Whittier is located 20 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.

Authorities confirmed the operator underwent a sobriety trial and was taken into custody. The results of the sobriety trial are unknown.

SkyFOX was implicit the country and showed the debris from the wreckage arsenic good arsenic further patients being triaged by aesculapian personnel.

The 11 victims person been rushed to country hospitals and up to 15 whitethorn person been hit. 

The circumstances starring up to the operator striking the victims are nether investigation. 

A neighbour told FOX 11 that the recruits often jog successful the country and tally successful packs wearing high-visibility vests.

No further accusation was instantly released. 

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