Woman Killed and Children Hurt When Crash Sends Car Careening into Them

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA - A 63-year-old woman was killed and three children were hurt when they were hit by a car as it and another vehicle crashed in the Valley Glen area of North Hollywood, police said today.

It was not immediately known if either motorist was cited, according to Officer Rosario Herrera of the LAPD Media Relations Section.

Herrera said the drivers were not arrested.

The girls -- ages 7, 8 and 13 -- suffered minor to serious injuries, said spokesman Brian Humphrey at the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The 63-year-old woman was rushed to an area hospital, where she died from her injuries. Her relationship, if any, to the chilren was not released.

The crash was reported about 4:10 p.m. Saturday in the 12700 block of Vanowen Street, authorities said.

A white sedan hit another vehicle while both were westbound on Vanowen between Coldwater Canyon and Bellaire avenues, according to Los Angeles police.

After the impact, one vehicle veered north into some parked cars while the other careened to the south, jumped a curb and hit the pedestrians before plowing through a wrought iron fence and coming to rest against an apartment building. A man who was driving one of the vehicles also was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

City News Service