Crime & Safety

Man 'Running in Circles' in 105 Freeway Killed in Crash

The man, whose name and age were not released, suffered major injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

DOWNEY, CA - A man was struck by a car and killed Sunday while he was "running in circles" on the Glenn Anderson (105) freeway, authorities said.

It occurred at 1:49 a.m., according to the CHP.

A 50-year-old Riverside woman was driving eastbound on the freeway in Santa Fe Springs in a 2010 Honda Odyssey when she hit the man, who was running in circles within the eastbound lanes of the freeway west of Lakewood Boulevard, said Mark Rasmussen of the CHP.

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The man, whose name and age were not released, suffered major injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, Rasmussen said.

The driver of the Odyssey was not injured.

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