“Our store has been part of this neighborhood for 14 years, and we feel compassion for all those impacted by this tragedy,” said a Trader Joe’s spokesperson

NEED TO KNOW

  • A crash in a Trader Joe’s parking lot in Los Angeles killed 1 person and injured four others
  • The crash took place near West 3rd Street and Fairfax Avenue on Thursday, Sept. 3
  • An investigation remains ongoing

One person died and four were injured after a 91-year-old driver crashed into a Trader Joe’s parking lot in Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the store, located near West 3rd Street and Fairfax Avenue, around 1:20 p.m. local time on Thursday, Sept. 3, according to local CW station KTLA, NBC affiliate KCRA and KABC-TV.

A woman was pronounced dead at the scene while three people — including the driver, identified as a 91-year-old woman — were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to KCRA. The fourth person, a man, sustained serious injuries.

Additional information, including who was killed in the crash, remains unclear.

Witnesses told KTLA that the driver appeared to lose control of her car as she entered the parking lot, striking a parked car before crashing into a parking attendant stand.

“We are aware of the accident yesterday afternoon near our store at 3rd & Fairfax,” a Trader Joe’s spokesperson told PEOPLE in a statement. “Our store has been part of this neighborhood for 14 years, and we feel compassion for all those impacted by this tragedy.”

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she was “deeply saddened” by the crash and that her office had deployed members of its Crisis Response Team to help.

“My heart goes out to everyone impacted,” Bass said, according to KTLA. “I thank the brave first responders who were on the scene quickly to render aid.”

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An investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department remains ongoing, but KTLA previously reported that officials believe the crash was accidental.

Police did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment,

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