RESEDA — A person critically injured in a four-vehicle collision in the Lake Balboa-Reseda area was being treated at a regional trauma center early Friday.
The person was trapped in a vehicle that was overturned and was freed by Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters, department spokesman Brian Humphrey said.
The vehicle knocked down a utility pole, with multiple wires falling to the ground, and struck a commercial building, causing water to flood the inside of the structure, Humphrey said.
Firefighters were called at 11:08 p.m. Thursday to 17730 Vanowen St., between White Oak and Encino avenues, Humphrey said.
The overturned vehicle ended up a quarter-mile from the site of initial impact after knocking down a second power pole, according to a report from the scene.
Two people at the scene declined medical treatment, Humphrey said.
The Los Angeles Police Department’s Valley Traffic Division was investigating the crash, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was working on a power outage caused by the crash.