Authorities have arrested a 22-year-old driver on suspicion of attempted murder for allegedly plowing his vehicle into Los Angeles county sheriff’s academy recruits on a training run, injuring more than two dozen people.
The Los Angeles county sheriff’s department said in a statement Thursday that Nicholas Joseph Gutierrez was arrested Wednesday for investigation of attempted murder on a peace officer.
Authorities have said that a man driving an SUV early Wednesday veered onto the wrong side of the road in suburban Whittier, crashing into recruits on a morning run and then hitting a nearby light pole. Five of them were critically injured, including head trauma, broken bones and “loss of limb”, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Wednesday.
