An off-duty Los Angeles Police Division officer was killed in a automobile crash early Saturday morning, authorities stated. He was the one particular person concerned within the crash.
The Los Angeles County Hearth Division obtained a name a few automobile hearth 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 stated.
A watch deputy on the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station stated the driving force crashed into a light-weight pole and the automobile was engulfed in flames when the Hearth 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, based on a division spokesperson.
The timing of that arrest or any further particulars concerning the driver weren’t instantly obtainable.
A spokesperson for the Hearth Division confirmed the sufferer was an off-duty officer. His identify was not instantly launched.
