An off-duty Los Angeles Police Division officer was killed in a automobile crash early Saturday morning, authorities mentioned. He was the one individual concerned within the crash.
The Los Angeles County Hearth Division obtained a name a few car fireplace at 2:15 a.m. and arrived on the web site of the crash — Cinema Drive and Bouquet Canyon Highway in Santa Clarita — at 2:22 a.m., a Hearth Division spokesperson mentioned.
A watch deputy on the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station mentioned the driving force crashed into a lightweight pole and the car was engulfed in flames when the fireplace division arrived. The reason for the crash is unknown.
Firefighters didn’t request an ambulance, and the driving force was pronounced useless on the scene.
Whereas the L.A. County Sheriff’s Division was investigating the crash web site early Saturday morning, a motorist drove by way of the crime scene and was arrested on suspicion of driving beneath the affect, in keeping with a division spokesperson.
The timing of that arrest or any extra particulars in regards to the driver weren’t instantly accessible.
A spokesperson for the LAPD confirmed the sufferer was an off-duty officer. His identify was not instantly launched.
