Pedestrian Struck By Big Rig; NB 5 Freeway Shut Down For Hours

Los Angeles CA

04 November, 2021

12:38 PM

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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A pedestrian was is dead Thursday after being struck by a big rig in Lincoln Heights. Officers from the California Highway Patrol responded at 2:23 a.m. to the northbound Golden State (5) Freeway just south of north Broadway, where the driver of a tractor trailer had apparently struck a pedestrian on the freeway, said CHP spokesman Officer Patrick Kimball. The unidentified pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. The collision closed all northbound lanes of the freeway for several hours.