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Driver Held After Deadly NoHo Crash
Ihor Demianenko, 61, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after a crash near the North Hollywood Metro station killed three women. Bail was set at about $6 million. Prosecutors had not filed a formal complaint.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
Three women are dead, and the jail booking is for suspected drunk driving, not a filed murder charge. Police said they were still testing the driver and did not know if the crash was intentional. A bond is not a conviction.
Ihor Demianenko, 61, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after a crash Tuesday evening that killed three women near the North Hollywood Metro station. Bail was set at about $6 million. Prosecutors had not filed a formal complaint, and no arraignment date had been set.
Just before 6 p.m., a white vehicle traveling south on Lankershim Boulevard went onto the sidewalk near Chandler Boulevard and hit people there. Three women were killed at the scene. Their names have not been released. At least two other people were taken to a hospital. Demianenko was pulled from the vehicle and taken to a Northridge hospital. A police captain said he appeared to be in shock.
At the hospital, Los Angeles Police Capt. Warner Castillo said investigators did not know whether the crash was deliberate and were testing the driver. Officers arrested Demianenko there Tuesday night. He was booked into the LAPD Valley Jail in Van Nuys early Wednesday.
All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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