[04-14-2025] Los Angeles County, CA – Three Injured, DUI Arrest Made in Two-Vehicle Crash on South Hoover Street in Pico-Union

Three people were injured and a DUI arrest was made following a two-vehicle crash in the Pico-Union neighborhood of Los Angeles early Monday morning, April 14, 2025.

According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the crash occurred at around 1:40 a.m. on the 1000 block of South Hoover Street near West Olympic Boulevard.

Initial reports from emergency personnel indicated two adults and two pediatric patients were involved.

LAFD Public Information Officer Lyndsey Lantz later confirmed that a 24-year-old woman and two female children, ages 3 and 4, were transported to a local hospital in fair condition. The drivers of both vehicles, identified as male, were not transported.

Los Angeles Police Department officers from the Rampart Division responded to the scene and took a belligerent male into custody. LAPD later confirmed that a felony DUI arrest was made at the scene, although it was not immediately clear whether it involved the detained individual.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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Anything you do immediately after a DUI accident can significantly affect your physical and financial recovery. Follow these steps to protect your well-being and legal rights:

1. Stay calm and move to a safer area if you can. Assess your condition before checking other people involved.
2. Call 911 immediately so paramedics and local authorities can respond to the scene. This can also quickly alert nearby officers if the impaired driver is trying to commit a hit-and-run.
3. Don’t engage with the intoxicated or drugged driver. Their behavior may be unpredictable; let the police handle the situation with them.
4. If you’re able, take photos and videos of the scene. Capture the scene from different angles and highlight important details like visible injuries, property damage, road marks, debris from the accident, etc.
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DUI Accident Statistics

According to the NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis, in 2020, 11,654 fatalities resulted from crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver, accounting for 30% of all traffic deaths in the U.S. This marked a 14.3% increase from 2019 when 10,196 deaths were recorded.

On average, a drunk driving fatality occurred every 45 minutes. The 21 to 24 and 25 to 34 age groups had the highest percentage of impaired drivers in fatal crashes, each making up 26% of such incidents.

Among vehicle types, motorcycle riders had the highest rate of alcohol impairment in fatal crashes at 27%, followed by passenger car drivers (23%), light truck drivers (19%), and large truck drivers (3%).

Of the 1,093 traffic fatalities in 2020 involving children aged 14 and younger, 21% (229 deaths) were linked to alcohol-impaired crashes. Additionally, 67% (7,831 deaths) of all DUI-related fatalities involved a driver with a BAC of 0.15 g/dL or higher.

Drunk driving was 3.1 times more common at night in fatal crashes than during the day.