A Los Angeles police sergeant who stopped to assist motorists on the 405 Freeway was killed in a multi-vehicle crash early Monday, shutting down southbound site visitors by way of the Sepulveda Move for hours, officers mentioned.
LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell recognized the sergeant as Shiou Deng, saying he was hit after pulling over to assist different motorists.
One other individual was additionally killed within the crash, in keeping with California Freeway Patrol officers. It wasn’t instantly clear what number of had been injured.
“It is a unhappy day for our metropolis,” Mayor Karen Bass mentioned at a information convention early Monday. Deng “misplaced his life making an attempt to save lots of others.”
All southbound lanes of the 405 at Moraga Drive had been shut down after 2 a.m. and remained closed as of 8 a.m. whereas an investigation into the crash continued.
