A man killed while walking on the shoulder Hollywood (101) Freeway near downtown early Saturday was identified Monday.
Austin Michael Rykhus, 26, of Los Angeles died in the roughly 2 a.m. accident along southbound lanes near Beaudry Avenue, according to California Highway Patrol officers and Assistant Coroner Chief Ed Winter.
Witnesses told the CHP the man was walking toward traffic when he struck by a black Honda Accord, then other vehicles, according to the CHP.
Paramedics pronounced Rykhus dead on the spot.
— City News Service

