Authorities Tuesday identified a man who was killed when the car he was driving rear-ended a big rig on the eastbound Foothill (210) Freeway in Glendora.
Steven Manriquez of Rowland Heights, 27, died at the scene of the crash that was reported near the Sunflower Avenue exit at about 11:35 p.m. Monday, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office and the California Highway Patrol.
According to the CHP, Manriquez was driving a 2015 Toyota Avalon in the No. 4 lane of the freeway “at a high rate of speed” when the car rear-ended a 2004 Freightliner big rig.
“The force of the collision caused (him) to be fully ejected from the Toyota Avalon,” the CHP said in a statement. “It is unknown if (he) was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the collision. An unknown vehicle passed by the scene and struck (his) body which was laying in the roadway.”
The trucker, 57-year-old Cesar Morondo of Lake Elsinore, was not injured, according to the CHP.
“Alcohol and/or drugs may have played a factor in this collision,” the CHP said.
No arrests were reported. Anyone with information on the crash was urged to call CHP Officer Christopher Jones at the CHP Baldwin Park Area office at 626-338-1164.