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16-year-old killed in hit-and-run crash while riding bike outside LA's BMO Stadium

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Updated  November 23, 2024 2:43pm PST
Exposition Park
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Teen dies in crash outside BMO Stadium

A teenager was hit and killed in a crash outside BMO Stadium, where LAFC plays.

The Brief

    • A 16-year-old boy was killed in a hit-and-run crash in a parking lot near BMO Stadium.
    • Police said a group of people on bikes got into an altercation with a vehicle on nearby Figueroa Street.
    • The driver then followed the group into the parking lot, and hit the boy with his car.

LOS ANGELES - A teenage boy was killed in a hit-and-run crash Friday while riding a bicycle outside BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, officials said. 

Emergency crews responded right outside LAFC's stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood around 4:30 p.m. on Friday, November 22.

Investigators said that the crash happened after a group of people on bikes got into an altercation with a car on Figueroa Street, just outside the stadium parking lot. The car and one person on a bike, identified as a 16-year-old boy, continued into the parking lot, where the driver hit the boy with his car.

Paramedics pronounced the teen dead at the scene. The car was not there. Officials are investigating the crash as a hit and run.

The California Highway Patrol is investigating the crash, and said it needs the public's help to identify the car and the driver, but did not offer any description of the suspect's vehicle.

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The Source

  • This story was reported using information from a California Highway Patrol press release.