An investigation was underway Sunday into the death of a 21-year-old man who was struck by a vehicle and killed after getting out of a car that was involved in a two-vehicle collision on the transition road from the northbound Hollywood (101) Freeway to the northbound Ventura (101) Freeway in Studio City.
A California Highway Patrol officer arrived at the scene and began investigating the original collision, which was reported about 9:35 p.m. Saturday on the northbound transition road, according to the CHP.
“During the investigation and for unknown reasons (the victim) ran away from the collision scene and, entering into traffic lanes of the U.S. 101 northbound transition road,” according to a CHP statement.
A 2016 Lincoln MKX driven by a 69-year-old Calabasas woman then struck the young man, the CHP reported.
He was trapped beneath the Lincoln and pronounced dead at the scene, according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
A 63-year-old man, also from Calabasas, who was a passenger in the Lincoln MKX was uninjured, according to the CHP.
One other person who was injured in the original crash was taken to a hospital, but that person’s condition was not made available, Stewart said.
The crash shut down all lanes of the transition road for about an hour and a SigAlert was issued, according to the CHP.
Anyone with information about the collision was encouraged to call Officer Leland Tang at the CHP’s West Valley Area Office at (818) 888-0980.
–City News Service