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10-30-2015, 7:55pm
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Burbank man, 20, ejected from car lands on 5 Freeway sign in Glendale
Authorities removed the body of a 20-year-old Burbank man from a 5 Freeway sign Friday morning in Glendale after the driver lost control of his car and was ejected.
California Highway Patrol received a call at 7 a.m. about the driver of a Ford Fiesta traveling recklessly down the southbound 5 Freeway just north of California 134. Shortly after, the car collided with another car, overturned and the driver was ejected, landing on the Colorado Street freeway sign, said Edgar Figueroa, a CHP public information officer.
The driver, Richard Pananian, was not wearing a seatbelt and died, Figueroa said. The Los Angeles Fire Department assisted in removing the body from the sign.
"I've never seen anything like this or heard anything like this," Figueroa said. "It's the first time."
Officials had closed both northbound and southbound lanes on the 5, but most have since reopened. The three and four lanes on the southbound side remain closed for the investigation.
Burbank man, 20, ejected from car lands on 5 Freeway sign in Glendale - LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-freeway-sign-body-20151030-story.html)
Driver Who Landed on 5 Freeway Sign After Fatal Crash Was Passing on Shoulder: CHP
A 20-year-old Burbank man whose body landed on an overhead exit ramp sign after a rollover crash near Griffith Park was passing vehicles on the right shoulder of the 5 Freeway before veering out of control, CHP announced Friday afternoon.
The collision occurred just before 7 a.m. on the southbound freeway just north of the eastbound 134 Freeway overpass
Richard Pananian of Burbank was killed, according to Lt. David Smith of the Los Angeles County coroner's office.
A witness told the California Highway Patrol that Pananian was driving his 2004 Ford Fiesta at a high rate of speed and passing vehicles on the right shoulder.
The 45-year-old driver of a 2004 Ford F-150 was in the No. 4 lane going 50 mph when Pananian veered left from the right-hand shoulder and hit the pickup truck’s rear, according to a CHP collision report.
The Fiesta then veered right, out of control, and overturned multiple times. As the Fiesta traveled up an embankment, Pananian was ejected about 20 feet into the air, colliding with an exit ramp sign overhead, the report stated.
Pananian came to rest on the “ledge” in front of the sign. His severely damaged Fiesta rolled back onto the freeway.
"Based on the injuries sustained and force of impact" with the F-150, it wasn’t clear exactly what killed Pananian, the CHP report stated.
He was pronounced dead by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics.
The F-150 driver, who had two passengers in his truck, was not injured, nor were his passengers.
It appeared Pananian was not wearing a seat belt, according to CHP.
Pananian's body was covered with a sheet after firefighters ascended a ladder and worked to remove the body in the 9 a.m. hour.
He had landed on a sign alerting drivers to the Colorado Street exit, three-quarters of a mile away.
All southbound and northbound lanes of the 5 Freeway were temporarily blocked, and the two southbound right lanes were closed for an extended period.
All lanes reopened about 11 a.m., CHP's Southern Division stated on Twitter.
The incident happened in the Griffith Park area, bordering on the northern section of the Atwater Village neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Driver Who Landed on 5 Freeway Sign After Fatal Crash Was Passing on Shoulder: CHP | KTLA (http://ktla.com/2015/10/30/person-apparently-ejected-lands-on-freeway-sign-following-griffith-park-area-crash/)
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Burbank man, 20, ejected from car lands on 5 Freeway sign in Glendale
Authorities removed the body of a 20-year-old Burbank man from a 5 Freeway sign Friday morning in Glendale after the driver lost control of his car and was ejected.
California Highway Patrol received a call at 7 a.m. about the driver of a Ford Fiesta traveling recklessly down the southbound 5 Freeway just north of California 134. Shortly after, the car collided with another car, overturned and the driver was ejected, landing on the Colorado Street freeway sign, said Edgar Figueroa, a CHP public information officer.
The driver, Richard Pananian, was not wearing a seatbelt and died, Figueroa said. The Los Angeles Fire Department assisted in removing the body from the sign.
"I've never seen anything like this or heard anything like this," Figueroa said. "It's the first time."
Officials had closed both northbound and southbound lanes on the 5, but most have since reopened. The three and four lanes on the southbound side remain closed for the investigation.
Burbank man, 20, ejected from car lands on 5 Freeway sign in Glendale - LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-freeway-sign-body-20151030-story.html)
Driver Who Landed on 5 Freeway Sign After Fatal Crash Was Passing on Shoulder: CHP
A 20-year-old Burbank man whose body landed on an overhead exit ramp sign after a rollover crash near Griffith Park was passing vehicles on the right shoulder of the 5 Freeway before veering out of control, CHP announced Friday afternoon.
The collision occurred just before 7 a.m. on the southbound freeway just north of the eastbound 134 Freeway overpass
Richard Pananian of Burbank was killed, according to Lt. David Smith of the Los Angeles County coroner's office.
A witness told the California Highway Patrol that Pananian was driving his 2004 Ford Fiesta at a high rate of speed and passing vehicles on the right shoulder.
The 45-year-old driver of a 2004 Ford F-150 was in the No. 4 lane going 50 mph when Pananian veered left from the right-hand shoulder and hit the pickup truck’s rear, according to a CHP collision report.
The Fiesta then veered right, out of control, and overturned multiple times. As the Fiesta traveled up an embankment, Pananian was ejected about 20 feet into the air, colliding with an exit ramp sign overhead, the report stated.
Pananian came to rest on the “ledge” in front of the sign. His severely damaged Fiesta rolled back onto the freeway.
"Based on the injuries sustained and force of impact" with the F-150, it wasn’t clear exactly what killed Pananian, the CHP report stated.
He was pronounced dead by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics.
The F-150 driver, who had two passengers in his truck, was not injured, nor were his passengers.
It appeared Pananian was not wearing a seat belt, according to CHP.
Pananian's body was covered with a sheet after firefighters ascended a ladder and worked to remove the body in the 9 a.m. hour.
He had landed on a sign alerting drivers to the Colorado Street exit, three-quarters of a mile away.
All southbound and northbound lanes of the 5 Freeway were temporarily blocked, and the two southbound right lanes were closed for an extended period.
All lanes reopened about 11 a.m., CHP's Southern Division stated on Twitter.
The incident happened in the Griffith Park area, bordering on the northern section of the Atwater Village neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Driver Who Landed on 5 Freeway Sign After Fatal Crash Was Passing on Shoulder: CHP | KTLA (http://ktla.com/2015/10/30/person-apparently-ejected-lands-on-freeway-sign-following-griffith-park-area-crash/)