Metro bus crashes into pole, injuring 7 in Studio City

A Metro bus carrying several passengers crashed into a pole in Studio City on Friday morning, sending half a dozen people to the hospital, authorities said.

Images of the crash showed the bus' entire front-end frame crumpled.

The crash occurred about 4:30 a.m. in the 3900 block of Lankershim Boulevard off Main Street near Universal Pictures and the Universal Studios lots, Los Angeles Fire Department officials said.

Seven people were injured in the crash, with six taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and one person refusing treatment at the scene, officials said.

The cause of the crash was not immediately clear, police said.

This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times .