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LA nightclub crowd crash which left 30 injured may have been intentional, police say

A crash outside a Los Angeles nightclub which left 30 people injured may have been intentional, according to police.

Seven people are said to be in a critical condition, while at least 23 others were injured, after a car drove into a crowd outside the nightclub.

The fire department's Adam Van Gerpen told Sky's US partner, NBC News, that the car struck a taco cart before hitting people outside a nightclub at around 2am.

Pictures from Santa Monica Boulevard, in East Hollywood, show a damaged grey Nissan Versa that had mounted the pavement.

According to NBC News, cameras in the area are still being canvassed, but the incident appears to have been intentional, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).

The force said officers "found the driver being assaulted by bystanders and determined he had sustained a gunshot wound". The wound was sustained after the collision, according to police.

The LAPD say the person suspected of inflicting the gunshot wound - a man described by police as a 5ft 9in, bald, Hispanic, and possibly carrying a silver revolver - fled on foot.

Sergeant Travis Ward said the driver had been taken to hospital for surgery, and it was currently unclear if he was intoxicated.

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A man who was inside the nightclub told NBC he heard a "loud bang" and a number of people ducked after hearing what they believed to be gunshots.

"We look out the club, and it's a car into the hole right there," he said.

"And then it's crazy, because people everywhere, laying down, unconscious, people, bleeding out and stuff."

The 14.3 mile (23km) boulevard spans nearly the entire city of Los Angeles, from West Hollywood to the Santa Monica Pier.

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