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Driver Arrested for DUI Crash, Two Killed in North Hollywood

4/13/2026

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Vidal Cruz Jr., 31, was arrested after his Acura crashed into three parked cars and a home on Colfax Avenue in North Hollywood at 2:25 a.m.
Two people died, including a male in his 30s at the scene and a female in her 50s who died later at the hospital.
Cruz faces two counts of murder with bail set at $4 million.
Witnesses described the scene as shocking.

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Vidal Cruz Jr., 31, was arrested after his Acura crashed into three parked cars and a home on Colfax Avenue in North Hollywood at 2:25 a.m.
Two people died, including a male in his 30s at the scene and a female in her 50s who died later at the hospital.
Cruz faces two counts of murder with bail set at $4 million.
Witnesses described the scene as shocking.