WHITTIER, Calif.—Nearly two dozen Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recruits on a training run were injured Wednesday, five critically, when the group was struck by an SUV being driven on the wrong side of a road in the South Whittier area, just blocks from the training academy.
The motorist, described only as a 22-year-old man, was taken into custody by authorities near the scene of the crash, which was reported about 6:30 a.m. in the 10600 block of Mills Avenue. The SUV wound up crashing into a light pole, which was knocked to the ground by the impact.
There was no immediate word on whether the driver was impaired at the time of the crash….