Photo: Contributed A car struck 22 Los Angeles County sheriff’s recruits on a training run early Wednesday, seriously injuring five, authorities said. A total of 23 people were injured, including the driver, said Los Angeles County Fire Department spokeswoman Capt. Sheila Kelliher. In addition to the five seriously injured, there were four with moderate injuries and 14 with minor injuries. The driver was among those with minor injuries, he said. The crash happened around dawn Wednesday in suburban Whittier, home to the department’s STAR Explorer Training Academy. Television news broadcasts from a helicopter showed a large fire and ambulance response, a vehicle on a pavement and several people nearby in training uniforms. A Sheriff’s Department statement said a class of recruits was struck by a vehicle at approximately 6:26 a.m. during a training course. “We don’t have a cause,” Kelliher said. “We have no other information on how the driver lost control, so at this time this is the basic information we can share with you.”
