A 55-year-old man who was mendacity on the bottom in a Van Nuys parking zone was killed Thursday by a semi-truck, in line with legislation enforcement authorities.
A report of a site visitors accident got here in to the Los Angeles Police Division round 1:57 p.m. Thursday, mentioned Kevin Terzus, a spokesman for the police division. The incident occurred in a parking zone close to the intersection of Van Nuys Boulevard and Vanowen Avenue.
The car, a semi emblazoned with the Jon’s Market brand, was touring westbound within the parking zone of a buying complicated that included a Jon’s Market grocery store when it hit a pedestrian who was mendacity on the bottom.
Images obtained by KTLA present that police had cordoned off a bit of the 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 underneath the car on the time the pictures have been captured.
Los Angeles Hearth 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 mentioned.
