23 injured after vehicle plows into police recruits in U.S. California

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- A total of 23 people were injured after a driver plowed into a group of police recruits during a training run in the south of the western U.S. state of California Wednesday morning, authorities said.

"There are currently 23 patients. Five are in critical condition, four in moderate condition, and 14 in minor condition," said the Los Angeles County Fire Department in a tweet, adding that the department's units "are on scene of mass causality incident in the city of Whittier."