A 55-year-old man who was mendacity on the bottom in a Van Nuys car parking zone was killed Thursday by a semi truck, in accordance with regulation enforcement authorities.
A report of a site visitors collision got here in to the Los Angeles Police Division round 1:57 p.m. Thursday, stated Kevin Terzus, a spokesman for the police division. The incident occurred in a car parking zone close to the intersection of Van Nuys Blvd. and Vanowen St.
The car, a semi truck emblazoned with the Jon’s Market brand, was touring westbound within the car parking zone of a buying complicated which included a Jon’s Market grocery store when it collided with a pedestrian who was mendacity within the roadway.
Photographs obtained by KTLA present that police had cordoned off a bit of the car parking zone and lined a portion of the underside of the truck with tarps and cones. It was unclear whether or not the sufferer was nonetheless below the car on the time the photographs have been captured.
Los Angeles Fireplace Division officers responded and pronounced the person useless on the scene. Authorities haven’t launched the person’s id. The Valley Visitors division of LAPD investigation is ongoing, Terzus stated.
