A motorist killed in a fiery single-vehicle crash on the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway near West Whittier and Pico Rivera has been identified only as “John Doe #78” according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office website, it was reported Saturday.
The agency’s website describes the motorist as a man in his 40s.
California Highway Patrol officers responded at 2:35 a.m. Friday to the northbound freeway and the Slauson Avenue on-ramp where they found a gray Saturn in a ditch and engulfed in flames, CHP Officer Sergio Garcia told City News Service.
The vehicle had slammed into a freeway embankment and flew off the freeway. The motorist was pronounced dead at the scene.
The CHP urged anyone with any information regarding the crash to call its Santa Fe Springs office at 626-868-0503. Anonymous callers may call Crime Stoppers at 800-222- 8477 or send tips to lacrimestoppers.org.