Crime & Safety

Motorist Drives Off Angeles Crest Highway in Apparent Suicide

A man was killed after his car plunged off the Angeles Crest Highway Wednesday night, authorities said.

A man drove his car off the Angeles Crest Highway Wednesday night and was killed after plummeting roughly 300 feet, a sheriff's official said.

The incident is being investigated as an apparent suicide, according to Sgt. David Shoemaker of the Angeles Crest Sheriff's Station.

A witness reported seeing the car drive over the edge at about 6 p.m., Shoemaker said. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

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