Authorities have identified two of the three women killed when the driver of a minivan crashed outside a Los Angeles metro station this week. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner identified the women as Teodora Villalobos and Maria Peck. Authorities did not immediately release the identity of the third victim, pending the notification of family. Peck and Villalobos were food vendors in Los Angeles’ North Hollywood neighborhood who were killed when the minivan plowed into a busy intersection Tuesday. Police arrested the minivan driver for investigation of driving under the influence.
Los Angeles police say the driver of a minivan that killed three people when it crashed outside a metro station in Los Angeles was arrested on three counts of murder. A police spokesperson identified the driver on Wednesday as 61-year-old Ihor Demianenko, a resident of the Valley Village neighborhood of Los Angeles. She said she didn’t know early whether he was still at a hospital or had an attorney. The crash at a busy intersection in the North Hollywood neighborhood during rush hour Tuesday also critically injured two women. The vehicle ended up under a food vendor’s tent.
People gather near a cordoned off area at the scene of a vehicle crash, involving multiple fatalities, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David Swanson)
Debris lies at the scene of a vehicle crash, involving multiple fatalities, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David Swanson)
A damaged vehicle lies at the scene of a vehicle crash, involving multiple fatalities, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David Swanson)
A police officer stands at the scene of a vehicle crash, involving multiple fatalities, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David Swanson)
A police officer works at the scene of a vehicle crash, involving multiple fatalities, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David Swanson)
This photo made with a smartphone, shows the scene of a vehicle crash, involving multiple fatalities, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David Swanson)
Prosecutors say an FBI agent drove his government car the wrong way down a busy Brooklyn thoroughfare, blew through a red light and then struck a pedestrian before speeding away. Andrew Reyes later lied to investigators about the Feb. 3 hit-and-run that left the victim seriously injured, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday. His defense attorney says Reyes will plead not guilty. He faces charges including willfully depriving an individual of his constitutional rights while acting under color of law and making false statements.
A man has been charged with threatening an Australian lawmaker’s staff with nunchucks days after another legislator was critically injured when a man repeatedly hit her with a car. The incidents are heightening concerns about female politicians’ safety and raising concerns about security in a country where lawmakers are highly accessible to the public. Police say a man entered Western Australian state government minister Hannah Beazley’s office in Perth on Wednesday, brandishing nunchucks and making verbal threats. Beazley wasn’t in the office at the time. There is no allegation the man’s behavior is connected to the driver who hit a federal lawmaker with his car in Victoria state on Monday.
