Stolen Amazon truck strikes, kills street vendor on sidewalk near South Park, police say

SOUTH PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A suspect who allegedly stole an Amazon truck hit and killed a street vendor in the South Park neighborhood of South Los Angeles, investigators say.

The crash happened near East 48th and South Main streets Thursday afternoon.

AIR7 HD video from above the scene showed the wrecked Amazon truck after it had crashed into a building near what appears to be a food stand. Three street vendors were hit by the truck.

One of the three hit was a man named Gustavo, who told Eyewitness News he saw the truck hit a parked sedan, as both came right toward him.

LAPD says the actual Amazon driver was delivering a package about a mile away, when the suspect, identified as 37-year-old Cristian Ramos Sanchez, somehow took control of the vehicle.

Police say Sanchez was driving the truck down Main Street when he crashed into a park car, jumped the sidewalk and hit the three street vendors.

When the car crashed, Gustavo did his best to jump away.

"I know I hit the wall, and I hit myself, but I can't feel nothing right now because I'm still shaking," Gustavo said.

A 57-year-old man was killed immediately. His name has not been publicly released.

Police told ABC7 the driver was taken into custody shortly after. LAPD Det. Juan Campos said a citizen who followed the suspect was able to help police find him three blocks away from the crash.

Sanchez was booked for felony hit-and-run and is being held on $85,000 bail.

As officers were responding, police say several officers were involved in a separate crash at MLK and McKinley Avenue.

Police say all of the officers involved in that crash were not seriously injured.