Wire reporting: (AP, via Local 10)

Los Angeles police arrested a 61-year-old man Wednesday after a minivan crash Tuesday evening outside the North Hollywood Metro station killed three people, KTLA and Associated Press reports said^1,7.

The Los Angeles Fire Department said the collision happened just before 6 p.m. in the 5300 block of North Lankershim Boulevard near Chandler Boulevard, and that three people were pronounced dead at the scene¹. AP copy, carried by Local 10, said two other women were critically injured and that the vehicle ended up under a food vendor’s tent².

KTLA, citing the LAPD, said the three people killed were 40, 53 and 69 years old, and that preliminary information indicated two of them were women working as street vendors¹. Mayor Karen Bass said the victims included street vendors and pedestrians, according to AP copy².

Police identified the driver as Ihor Demianenko of Valley Village, AP copy said, citing Officer Norma Eisenman². KTLA said he had to be removed from the vehicle, that his injuries were not described as life-threatening, and that inmate records showed he was held on $6.03 million bail¹. AP copy said Eisenman did not know early Wednesday whether he was still in a hospital². It was not immediately clear if he had a lawyer, AP copy said².

KTLA reported he was arrested on felony suspicion of driving under the influence¹. AP copy said he was booked on three counts of murder². Those accounts were not reconciled in the reports reviewed.

Authorities had not determined a cause and had not ruled out that the crash was intentional, KTLA said, citing Tuesday-night remarks from police¹. Capt. Jonny Smith told KTLA that grainy video appeared to show the car avoiding another vehicle before going onto the sidewalk at speed¹. LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said the investigation would be prolonged and deliberate, according to both KTLA and AP copy^1,2.

One Metro entrance remained closed Tuesday night; bus and subway stations otherwise stayed open, AP copy said, citing a Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesperson².