Car plows into crowd after Christmas concert

People dropped flowers and stopped at the corner of Vincent Street and Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach near the site of the fatal accident. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Dec. 17, 2014 11:17 PM PT

Amy Miyamoto and daughter Katie, 13, place flowers at the corner of Vincent Street and Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach the morning after an accident killed three pedestrians and injured others. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Jamie Rangel and her son Samuel Stromwall, 14, place flowers and say a prayer at the corner of Vincent Street and Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

People walk past a pile of flowers at the corner of Vincent Street and Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach the day after a crash that killed three in front of St. James Catholic Church. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Emotions overflow at a memorial at the corner of Vincent Street and Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach on Thursday morning. Three women died after being struck Wednesday night in a crosswalk in front of St. James Catholic Church. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Flowers accumulate at the corner of Vincent Street and Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach on Thursday, the morning after three women were killed when a car plowed into a group of people in a crosswalk in front of St. James Catholic Church. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Police investigate the accident scene at the corner of Vincent Street and Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach after a driver ran a red light, hitting pedestrians near St. James Church. (Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)

With victims’ shoes strewn on the pavement, police investigate the accident scene in Redondo Beach. The white car in the background plowed into a crowd leaving a Christmas concert. (Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)

Firefighters lay plastic in the street as they treat victims of the accident near St. James Church in Redondo Beach. (Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)

Paramedics respond after several people are injured Wednesday night when a car plowed into a crowd in Redondo Beach at Pacific Coast Highway and Vincent Street. (Patrick T. Fallon / For The Times)