A 16-year-old bicyclist was struck and killed by the driver of a sedan Friday afternoon in Exposition Park in a possible case of road rage, authorities said.
The driver fled the scene after the incident, which took place in a BMO Stadium parking lot in the park near downtown Los Angeles shortly after 4:30 p.m., according to authorities.
About 40 cyclists were pedaling south on Figueroa Street, just north of Martin Luther King Boulevard, when an altercation broke out between the group and the driver of the sedan, California Highway Patrol Sgt. Dan Keene told reporters at the scene. The driver then followed the group through an opening in a fence and into the stadium parking lot, where he allegedly struck the victim, Keene said. The teen died at the scene, the Highway Patrol said in a news release.
No arrests had been reported as of Saturday afternoon and a description of the driver and vehicle were not available.
Keene said the incident should never have happened and urged the driver to come back and talk to investigators. “No parent should have to go through that,” he said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the CHP Southern Division Major Crimes Unit at (323) 644-9550 or its Los Angeles Communications Center at (323) 259-3200.
