A 16-year-old bicyclist was struck and killed by the driving force of a sedan Friday afternoon in Exposition Park in a possible case of highway rage, authorities mentioned.
The driving force fled the scene after the incident, which came about in a parking zone of BMO Stadium within the park close to downtown Los Angeles shortly after 4:30 p.m., in line with authorities.
About 40 bicyclists had been pedaling south on Figueroa Road, simply north of Martin Luther King Boulevard, when an altercation came about between the group and the driving force of the sedan, California Freeway Patrol Sgt. Dan Keene advised reporters on the scene. The driving force then adopted the group by means of a gap in a fence and into the stadium parking zone, the place he allegedly struck the sufferer, Keene mentioned. The teenage boy died on the scene, the Highyway Patrol mentioned in a press launch.
No arrest had been reported as of Saturday afternoon, and an outline of the driving force and automobile wasn’t accessible.
Keene mentioned the incident by no means ought to have occurred and urged the driving force to come back again and converse with investigators. “No dad or mum ought to must undergo that,” he mentioned.
Anybody with info was requested to contact CHP’s Southern Division Main Crimes Unit at (323) 644-9550 or its Los Angeles Communication Heart at (323) 259-3200.