Pedestrian hit and killed by sheriff department bus on the 5 Freeway

LOS ANGELES, CA – According to KTLA, a pedestrian was hit and killed by a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department bus on Freeway 5.

The accident took place in the freeway’s northbound lane near Osborne Street this morning. At around 3:20 a.m. the inmate transport bus hit a pedestrian. According to police, the bus driver was the only person on the bus at the time of the crash.

The freeway was closed until 7:30 a.m. so investigators could work at the crash scene.

Further information on the accident has not yet been released. If more details are reported, then this story will be updated.

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