Man crashes into crowd at church lot, killing 2

Two people were killed after a car struck pedestrians in a church parking lot.

ByABC News
April 10, 2017, 3:39 AM
The East Sarang Community Church, in Chino, California.
The East Sarang Community Church, in Chino, California.
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— -- An SUV crashed into a crowd of pedestrians Sunday at a church parking lot in California, killing two women, authorities said.

Police in Chino, California, said the driver, an elderly man, struck a group of several women after he reversed out of a parking space at fast speed, according to ABC affiliate KABC.

The vehicle then continued and hit a building next to a church, according to ABC affiliate KABC. The police department first reported the incident in a Facebook post.

Four others were seriously injured in the crash, according to the KABC report. The driver and his passenger sustained non-life threatening injuries, police said.

The address provided by police is the East Sarang Community Church, a Christian congregation.

A preliminary investigation of the incident indicated that it was not an act of terrorism, police said.