A 13-year-old boy killed in the crash of a pocket bike in Lancaster was identified Monday by the Los Angeles County Office of Medical Examiner as Darrin Jackson.
Darrin was knocked off the pocket bike when it struck a Subaru headed eastbound on Lancaster Boulevard at 1:45 p.m. Sunday, according to the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station.’
Darrin was heading southbound on 32nd Street West on the small, motorcycle-style vehicle designed primarily for recreational use when he failed to stop at a stop sign, then collided with the Subaru, authorities said.
The cause of the crash is still being investigated, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Detective Ryan Ament.
Anyone with information regarding the collision is asked to call the traffic investigators at the Lancaster Sheriffâs Station at 661-948-8466.