Police Say Driver Who Struck Woman, Children Had Fallen Asleep

EAGLE ROCK (AP) — Police say a woman and two children are hospitalized and listed as stable after they were struck by a vehicle on a Los Angeles sidewalk.

Sgt. Roy Escalante says the driver fell asleep before the crash Monday night in the Eagle Rock neighborhood.

Escalante says the vehicle hit a tree before striking the 55 year-old woman pushing a stroller carrying the children.

City News Service says the driver was not immediately booked, but the incident remains under investigation.

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