Crime & Safety

Long Beach Cyclist Dies in Freak Accident

The 51-year-old man was crushed.

A Long Beach man was identified by the Los Angeles County coroner’s office as the victim in a freak accident.

Robert Castorena, 51, was killed when a big rig’s container came loose, slid off a trailer and crushed the cyclist to death in Carson.

The accident was reported at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday in the area of Santa Fe Avenue and Warnock Way, said Melanie Flores, supervising dispatcher with the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

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“The container struck a bridge and got knocked off the trailer,” Flores said, describing how te trailer struck a railroad overcrossing.

An investigation was underway Wednesday into how the incident occurred.

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City News Service contributed to this post.

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