Four Vehicle Crash At Spring St./Cherry Ave. Leaves Eight Persons With Various Injuries...Including Driver of Alleged Wrong Way Vehicle in Extremely Critical Condition

(Mar. 25, 2012, last updated 5:00 p.m.) -- A four-vehicle collision on Spring St. just west of Cherry Ave. left eight people injured -- including a woman who police believe was driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of Spring St. -- in extremely critical condition.

LBPD Public Information Officer Nancy Pratt tells LBReport.com [information as of 2:48 p.m.] that at about 12:12 p.m., LBPD received a report of an injury traffic collision involving four vehicles. The preliminary investigation indicates a vehicle travelling eastbound on Spring St. -- in the westbound lanes of traffic -- struck three vehicles (one of them a moving van) that were travelling westbound on Spring St. just west of Cherry Ave.

The driver of the wrong-way vehicle, an adult female who was alone, was transported and is listed in extremely critical condition. At least two other people in the other vehicles were also transported.

LBPD says it's unknown why the vehicle was travelling the wrong way...and due to the serious nature of the woman's injuries, Accident Investigation detectives responded and the investigation remains ongoing.

LBReport.com was on-scene in minutes and had an initial audio report from LBFD Public Information Officer Steve Yamamoto available on demand in the 1 p.m. hour. To hear it, click here.