Crime & Safety

Person Falls Out Of Car, Struck By Multiple Vehicles On 5 Freeway In OC: Report

A person fell out of a vehicle on the Interstate 5 Freeway overnight and was struck and killed by passing vehicles.

ORANGE COUNTY, CA — A person fell out of a vehicle on the Interstate 5 Freeway overnight and was struck and killed by passing vehicles, KTLA reported.

The incident was reported at around 10 p.m. Saturday, when California Highway Patrol officers responded to reports that a person fell out of a car and had been struck by multiple vehicles on the southbound side of the freeway, just north of Tustin Ranch Road, according to the CHP report log.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. They were not identified by authorities, according to the report, but female pronounces were used to address the victim in the preliminary report log.

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