Man Who Drove Truck Onto Sidewalk Gets Beaten, Dies Near LA

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October 9, 2021 astatine 3:58 pm

HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — A antheral died aft helium tried to deed radical connected a sidewalk with his truck, crashed against a gathering and past was pulled retired and beaten by the radical successful Southern California, authorities said.

The antheral was asked to permission a concern successful Hawthorne aboriginal Saturday and past argued with idiosyncratic portion walking to his truck, said Lt. Hugo Reynaga of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

The antheral past intentionally drove the motortruck onto the sidewalk, astir hitting a radical of patrons earlier his motortruck wedged against a tree, the Daily Breeze reported.

As the patrons tried to instrumentality the antheral retired of the driver’s seat, helium accelerated again and deed the country of a adjacent building, Reynaga said.

The patrons took the operator retired of the motortruck and continued warring with him arsenic Hawthorne constabulary arrived, sheriff’s Deputy Grace Medrano said.

The operator suffered blunt-force trauma, Medrano said. He died astatine the scene.

The incidental was captured connected surveillance video, but the footage was grainy and the combat occurred down the motortruck partially retired of view, Reynaga said.

“You could spot determination was a combat going on, but you couldn’t archer who was doing what,” helium told the newspaper.

Most of the radical progressive successful the combat were interviewed by detectives and past released, pending the effect of an autopsy.

Detectives were waiting for the results of the autopsy to spot if the antheral whitethorn person suffered a aesculapian contented during the combat that led to his death, Reynaga said, adding that the crashes “weren’t that impactful.”

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The operator was identified lone arsenic a antheral successful his 40s.