Crime & Safety
Young Man Killed After Fall From Party Bus on the 101
The 24-year-old is struck by passing vehicles near Universal City.
By City News Service
A 24-year-old man exited a party bus in the middle of the Hollywood (101) Freeway near Universal City today and was killed, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
The body was reported in the southbound lanes, south of Lankershim Boulevard, at 12:23 a.m. Sunday, according to CHP Officer Monica Posada.
“A party bus [a 2001 Ford F55] was southbound on the 101 near Barham [Boulevard] when, for an unknown reason, an individual exited the bus and was subsequently struck by an unknown number of vehicles,'' Posada said.
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The CHP report did not disclose if the freeway traffic was moving.
Midnight weekend traffic jams on the 101 in Hollywood are not uncommon.
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Paramedics arriving at the scene pronounced the man dead at 12:25 a.m., according to a department statement.
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