A 47-year-old pedestrian was killed in a collision with a motorcycle rider near Koreatown, the Los Angeles Police Department reported Friday.
LAPD officers from the department’s Olympic Division responded at 10:51 p.m. Thursday to South Vermont Avenue and San Marino Street regarding a traffic collision. When the officers arrived, they learned the motorcycle rider was traveling south on Vermont when they struck the pedestrian, an LAPD spokesman told City News Service.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by Los Angeles Fire Department personnel, who also took the motorcycle rider to a hospital in stable condition.
The cause of the collision is under investigation, police said.