Man injured after car slams into him in Los Angeles

A man was hospitalized after being struck by a car in Pacoima on Sunday afternoon. 

According to LAPD, officers responded to the intersection of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Osborne Street around 1 p.m. for a call of a vehicle striking a pedestrian. 

The victim, described only as a 30-year-old male, suffered an injury to his leg but was conscious and breathing at the scene, police said. 

According to LAPD, officers responded to the intersection of Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Osborne Street around 1 p.m. for a call of a vehicle striking a pedestrian. (Citizen App)

Witnesses said that the crash may have been a result of a vehicular assault, but authorities have not yet confirmed if that is true. 

Video posted to the Citizen app shows first responders loading a man onto a stretcher and into an ambulance from under a blue canopy on the sidewalk. The video also shows the wrecked vehicle, a gray coupe, on the sidewalk not far from the canopy. 

The driver of the vehicle was said to have remained at the scene. 

Luis Zuniga contributed to this report.

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