WeHo Driver Dies After Car Plows Into Freeway Pillar
WESTCHESTER (CBS) — A driver from West Hollywood was killed after his car struck a concrete pillar along the northbound San Diego (405) Freeway, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
The accident near Howard Hughes Parkway was reported at 4:04 a.m. Sunday, CHP Officer Ed Jacobs said.
The victim, identified as a 42-year-old male, died at the scene. No one else was in the car at the time, the CHP said in a report issued.
It was unknown what caused the driver's 1998 Volkswagen Beetle to veer off the freeway and hit the pillar.
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