{"id":414853,"date":"2026-07-28T06:05:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/414853\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T06:05:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T06:05:18","slug":"waymo-crash-in-las-pico-union-sends-two-to-hospital-one-critical-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/414853\/","title":{"rendered":"Waymo crash in LA\u2019s Pico Union sends two to hospital, one critical \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles Police Department traffic investigators on Monday were looking into the circumstances surrounding an injury collision involving a Waymo autonomous vehicle<\/a> in the city\u2019s Pico-Union district.<\/p>\n

The two-vehicle collision was reported about 5:45 a.m. Sunday on the 1000 block of Venice Boulevard near South Union Avenue, just west of the Los Angeles Convention Center, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.<\/p>\n

\"AA crash involving a Waymo autonomous vehicle and another car on Sunday in Los Angeles\u2019 Pico-Union neighborhood sent two people to the hospital, according to a videographer\u2019s report from the scene. One of the patients was in critical condition. (Photo from video by Jose Gomez\/Key News Network)<\/p>\n

The Waymo car collided with a blue sedan occupied by a man, a woman and an infant, none of whom were seriously injured, according to a videographer at the scene who reported all three were treated and released at the scene.<\/p>\n

Amid conflicting accounts, the LAPD reported that one person inside the Waymo was critically injured and was taken to a hospital.<\/p>\n

\"AA crash involving a Waymo autonomous vehicle and another car on Sunday in Los Angeles\u2019 Pico-Union neighborhood sent two people to the hospital, according to a videographer\u2019s report from the scene. One of the patients was in critical condition. (Photo from video by Jose Gomez\/Key News Network)<\/p>\n

However, the videographer reported that a female in a wheelchair \u2014 possibly not in either vehicle \u2014 was hospitalized in critical condition, and a passenger from the Waymo was transported to a hospital in stable condition.<\/p>\n

And a Waymo spokesperson told KTLA5<\/a> that the blue sedan struck a pedestrian with a cart before hitting the Waymo vehicle.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Waymo vehicle was traveling eastbound at approximately 27 miles per hour on Venice Boulevard between South Union Avenue and Toberman Street when it was hit by a blue sedan,\u201d the spokesperson told KTLA. \u201cThe blue sedan was traveling in the opposite direction at approximately 47 to 50 miles per hour [and] made contact with a pedestrian with a cart outside of a crosswalk at approximately 42 miles per hour before swerving into the opposite lane and striking the Waymo vehicle.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is a breaking news story. Check back here for updates.<\/p>\n

\"AA crash involving a Waymo autonomous vehicle and another car on Sunday in Los Angeles\u2019 Pico-Union neighborhood sent two people to the hospital, according to a videographer\u2019s report from the scene. One of the patients was in critical condition. (Photo from video by Jose Gomez\/Key News Network)
\n\"AA crash involving a Waymo autonomous vehicle and another car on Sunday in Los Angeles\u2019 Pico-Union neighborhood sent two people to the hospital, according to a videographer\u2019s report from the scene. One of the patients was in critical condition. (Photo from video by Jose Gomez\/Key News Network)
\n\"AA crash involving a Waymo autonomous vehicle and another car on Sunday in Los Angeles\u2019 Pico-Union neighborhood sent two people to the hospital, according to a videographer\u2019s report from the scene. One of the patients was in critical condition. (Photo from video by Jose Gomez\/Key News Network)
\n\"AA crash involving a Waymo autonomous vehicle and another car on Sunday in Los Angeles\u2019 Pico-Union neighborhood sent two people to the hospital, according to a videographer\u2019s report from the scene. One of the patients was in critical condition. (Photo from video by Jose Gomez\/Key News Network)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Police Department traffic investigators on Monday were looking into the circumstances surrounding an injury collision involving…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[7,350,138,1647,48,52,51,47,137,50,49,100],"class_list":["post-414853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-california","tag-crash","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-downtown-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}