Westwood crash: Victim identified after car crashes into 99 Ranch Market

WESTWOOD, LOS ANGELES () — New details are emerging about the three people who were killed when an elderly woman crashed her car into a grocery store in Westwood, leaving several others injured.

Two of the people who were killed in Thursday’s crash were employees of the 99 Ranch Market, and the third was a customer.

On Friday, the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office identified one of the victims as Deris Renoj. She was 42.

The other victims were a 55-year-old man and a 30-year-old man. They were all inside the store’s bakery at the time of the crash.

The driver, only identified as a woman in her 70s, hit a bicyclist and then continued down the road and crashed into the 99 Ranch Market. Some individuals were initially trapped underneath the vehicle, the department’s Lyndsey Lantz told Eyewitness News.

Los Angeles police say they do not believe the crash was intentional and are looking into whether a medical issue may have caused the driver to lose control.

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Four injured victims were transported to the hospital: two 35-year-old men in critical condition, and two other men – ages 37 and 38 – in fair condition.

The bicyclist who was initially struck and the driver of the vehicle declined LAFD treatment and also declined to be transported to the hospital, LAFD said.

The driver was described as an elderly woman who is cooperating with investigators and is undergoing a medical evaluation, LAFD Capt. Erik Scott said.

“This does not seem to be of any ill intent,” Scott said. “(The crash) does not seem to be an intentional act, but rather being investigated, so far, as an accidental traffic collision.”