Newly elected BHUSD Board Member Russell Stuart is set to be released from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Nov. 22, after being struck by a carjacked vehicle last week. The incident took place during the “Rodeo Nights, Holiday Lights” celebration on Nov. 14.
The Beverly Hills Police Department received a call shortly after 7 p.m. on Nov. reporting a carjacking of a BMW X3 on the 400 block of North Bedford Drive. They later received a second call of a vehicle-versus-pedestrian traffic incident. When officers arrived at the scene at Wilshire Boulevard and Camden Drive for their investigation, they determined that it was the stolen vehicle that had crashed, leaving behind multiple injured victims. The driver, 22-year-old James Portul of Pittsburg, fled on foot but was detained on the 200 block of North Beverly Drive.
