A driver is in custody after allegedly running over someone on Santa Monica Beach Thursday evening, police said.
Around 11:30 p.m. Thursday, first responders rushed to the sand near a Cirque du Soleil Kooza set up on the beach to try to free a person trapped under a silver SUV, according to KABC.
The video showed firefighters digging under the SUV while others stood nearby with blocks of wood that could be used to help dislodge a vehicle stuck in the sand.
“We were just walking our dog and I saw this car stuck there…but I saw the car door open…and it looked like there was a group of “People were running away from that car, at first, so I wasn’t sure what was going on,” witness Shyler Compton told KABC.
At least two people got out of the SUV and tried to move it, but it got stuck on top of the victim, KTLA reported. The police took the driver into custody. The video shows a man handcuffed and crying, being escorted into a police vehicle.
No information on the victim was immediately available and the investigation into the incident is ongoing, police said.
