Steven Weems, 23, was arrested on a felony charge and is being held on $50,000 bond, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Police say Weems is the driver who crashed Saturday night at the carnival on South Trinity Street while driving a white Porsche Cayenne. Officers attempted to pull over the driver of the vehicle, but he refused to stop, eventually plowing through a concrete rail and into the street carnival. Six people, believed to be between the ages of 30 and 50, were rushed to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said. “It appears that he tried to exit the fair, but due to the barricades, he was unable to exit the fair, so he continued westbound on MLK, continuing through the crowd of people, which we estimate was between a thousand and 2,000 people,” said the sergeant. Robert Leary with the LAPD. 6 people injured after driver crashes at street carnival in South Los Angeles, police say Given how busy the street fair was, Leary said the outcome could have been much worse. “It’s a blessing no one was seriously injured,” he said. “I think they heard the car, I’m not sure if it was honking, obviously people were screaming. It was pretty hectic so I think people saw that car coming in and luckily they got out of the way in time.” Officers found the vehicle a few blocks away and arrested Weems. Copyright © 2022 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.
