[04-07-2025] Los Angeles County, CA – Infant Killed, Parents Critically Injured in Wrong-Way Crash in Vermont Square Neighborhood

A baby was killed and two adults were critically injured following a wrong-way collision involving a stolen vehicle in the Vermont Square neighborhood of Los Angeles on Monday night, April 7, 2025.

The incident was reported at approximately 11:30 p.m. as a family of three was traveling southbound on Western Avenue near 46th Street when a man in a stolen vehicle, traveling northbound at a high rate of speed, reportedly crossed over the center divider and collided with their vehicle.

Surveillance footage from El Pueblo Market at 4706 Western Avenue captured the suspect’s white vehicle swerving into oncoming traffic and crashing head-on into the driver’s side of the victim’s car. The impact caused the suspect’s vehicle to spin out and overturn, scattering debris across the roadway.

A child under one-year-old who had been in the victim’s vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. The child’s parents, both believed to be in their 30s, were transported to a local hospital in critical condition.

The suspect described only as a man in his 40s, was ejected from the stolen vehicle and was also pronounced dead at the scene, according to LAPD Detective Moreno.

Investigators believe the suspect may have been traveling at speeds of up to 100 mph before losing control after noticing nearby police. Authorities confirmed that officers were not in pursuit at the time. 

An investigation into the incident remains ongoing.