A pedestrian found down in the center divider of the Long Beach (710) Freeway in Long Beach died after taken to a hospital Tuesday.
The California Highway Patrol first received reports of an unknown make of sedan at the center divider at 3:43 a.m. on the northbound Long Beach Freeway just south of Willow Street and a male walking around the vehicle..
That was followed by a report that a white mini-van might have struck the person.
The person had a faint pulse when paramedics arrived and was taken to a hospital, the CHP said. The case was ultimately determined to be a fatality.
The ordered Caltrans to shut down lanes 1 and 2 of the northbound Long Beach Freeway and the eastbound Pacific Coast Highway on-ramp at 3:55 a.m. The ramp was reopened at 4:13 a.m. and the freeway lanes were reopened at 5:10 a.m.