SUV shears off hydrant, slams into utility pole in violent Silver Lake crash

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Monday, June 21, 2021
SUV slams into hydrant, utility pole in Silver Lake
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A SUV driving at a high rate of speed crashed into a Prius and then hit a utility pole and sheared off a fire hyrdant in Silver Lake Sunday night.

SILVER LAKE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Good Samaritans came to the aid of a driver after a violent collision Sunday night in Silver Lake.

Witnesses say an SUV slammed into a car at a high rate of speed at the intersection of Hoover Street and Burns Avenue.

The SUV then spun out of control, hitting a utility pole and then shearing off a fire hydrant.

Neighbors rushed to pull the shaken driver from the SUV as water from the hydrant was pouring into the street, and stayed with him until a fire crew arrived.

The driver of the other car, a Prius, was shaken but not seriously injured.

The cause of the collision remains under investigation.