12-year-old killed in Sherman Oaks when car hits parked box truck
12-year-old killed in Sherman Oaks when car hits parked box truck
A 12-year-old boy was killed late Wednesday morning when the vehicle he was riding in struck a parked box truck in Sherman Oaks.
The crash was reported at 10:17 a.m. Wednesday on the 4400 block of Woodman Avenue, north of Moorpark Street and south of the 101 Freeway, according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The vehicle, a Lexus sedan, struck the box truck parked along the street. The truck was described as a delivery vehicle. It was not immediately clear how fast the car was traveling.
The boy, who was seated in the front passenger seat, was pronounced dead at the scene, Stewart said.
Three other people were taken to a hospital. A woman and a 10-year-old boy, who were not injured, were transported as a precaution under standard protocol for fatal crashes, Stewart said. A third person, not involved in the collision, was transported for unrelated medical reasons, she added.
Los Angeles police and the mayor’s crisis management team were at the scene assisting the victim’s family, Stewart said.
The Los Angeles Police Department’s Valley Traffic Division was investigating the crash.
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