Buena Park, CA : One dead, six hurt as SUV hits group at ice cream parlour shortly after 6.p.m

An SUV driven by an elderly motorist plowed into a group of people waiting to enter an ice cream parlor on Friday evening, killing a 70-year-old woman and injuring six others, authorities said.

The SUV rammed into people outside Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour shortly after 6 p.m., Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Steve Concialdi said. The restaurant in is Buena Park, about 20 miles (32.19 kilometers) southeast of downtown Los Angeles.

Witnesses said the SUV surged forward, hitting a small fence and running into those sitting and standing between the vehicle and the restaurant.

A woman, 60, was critically injured and died at a hospital, Concialdi said.

Two other people were hospitalized with moderate injuries, three with minor injuries and a sixth person was treated at the scene for minor injuries, Concialdi said.

One of the injured was a teenage girl, police Cpl. Andy Luong said.

The SUV driver and a female passenger, both elderly, were not hurt, Luong said.

Police questioned the driver, who cooperated and was not immediately cited, Luong said.

The cause of the crash remained under investigation.

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