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One person has been killed and 11 injured after a car crashed into a crowd of people on one of southern California's most popular beach spots.

The victim died in hospital hours after the crash at Venice Beach boardwalk on Saturday night, Los Angeles police lieutenant Andy Neiman confirmed.

CCTV footage showed a man parking his black vehicle alongside the seaside boardwalk and watching the scene for several minutes before getting back into the car and speeding into the crowd.

Louisa Hodge, 35, who witnessed the crash, said: "There was people kind of stumbling around, blood dripping down their legs looking confused not knowing what had happened, people screaming.

"It was blocks and blocks of people just strewn across the sidewalk."

Firefighters found 12 people injured among the crowd. Ten were taken to hospital, where one later died, fire officials said.

Another victim is in a critical condition and two others are in a serious condition.

The driver fled the scene, but an hour later a man walked into a police station in Santa Monica and said he was involved in the crash, Lt Neiman said.

Police then found a car nearby that is thought to be the one involved in the crash.

Venice Beach boardwalk, a 1.5-mile stretch that runs along the sand, is home to galleries, restaurants and tattoo shops.

It can draw as many as 150,000 people on summer weekends and is popular with joggers and inline skaters.

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A man who sped down Venice Beach's crowded boardwalk Saturday evening looked like he wanted "to create mayhem and massacre a lot of people," a witness said.

One woman was killed, and a Los Angeles County coroner's office spokeswoman identified her as Alice Gruppioni, 32, of Italy. Her husband told police they were on their honeymoon.

Nathan Campbell, 38, was charged with murder after he turned himself in to police hours after the incident, Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman Rosario Herrera said Sunday. Campbell is being held on $1 million bond, she said.

"There no indication that he knew anybody that he hit," LAPD Cmdr. Andy Smith said. "It looks like this guy wanted to run over a bunch of people. One guy bent on doing evil."

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In most states Campbell could be tried for a death sentence. But not California.