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In this image take from a security camera, pedestrians scatter as a car drives along the Venice Beach boardwalk in Los Angeles on Saturday.
By Gil Aegerter, Staff Writer, NBC News
A hit-and-run driver plowed into pedestrians walking along the Venice Beach boardwalk in Los Angeles on Saturday, killing one woman and injuring 11 other people, fire officials and police said.
A possible suspect was detained and a vehicle was seized, Lt. Andrew Neiman of the Los Angeles Police Department told NBCLosAngeles.com.
The driver had fled the scene in a dark-colored sedan, police said.?Security camera video captured a dark-colored car speeding off the boardwalk as people scrambled out of the way.?
The incident happened around 6 p.m. PT at the end of Dudley Avenue, where it intersects Ocean Front Walk just before the beach.
Twelve people were injured, and one of them later died. Nine others?were hospitalized and two received minor injuries, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey told NBCLosAngeles.com.
The deceased victim was identified Sunday monring as Alice Gruppioni, 32, of Italy, Los Angeles County Coroner's officials told NBCLosAngeles.com
The injured were "all believed to have been pedestrians on the boardwalk," according to a?tweet from the LAFD.
Witnesses told NBCLA that the driver of the car ? described as a 2008 to 2010 black or dark blue Dodge Avenger ? seemed to purposely aim at pedestrians as he swerved on and off the curb.
"The vehicle appeared to be moving purposefully down the boardwalk, according to witnesses," Humphrey?told the Los Angeles Times.?
The Venice Beach boardwalk is one of Southern California?s main visitor attractions, featuring hundreds of street vendors, performers, beachgoers and tourists on the crowded stretch of galleries, restaurants and tattoo shops.?
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