Crime & Safety
North Hollywood Woman Killed Walking on the 170 Freeway
A 55-year-old woman was killed when she was hit by a car on the Hollywood (170) Freeway in North Hollywood.
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA A 55-year-old woman was struck and killed by a motorist today while walking on the Hollywood (170) Freeway in North Hollywood.
The woman suffered her injuries at about 12:40 a.m. on the northbound freeway, north of Victory Boulevard, when she was walking in the roadway from the number three lane toward the right shoulder in an eastern direction -- and into the path of a 2005 Scion XA, the California Highway Patrol reported.
Paramedics rushed the woman to Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead at 6:32 a.m.
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The driver of the Scion, a 43-year-old woman from North Hollywood, was not arrested.
Anyone with information regarding the crash was asked to call the CHP's West Valley area office at (818) 888-0980.
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