Driver Dead After Running Red Light
INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 5-4-25 | 2:45am
LOCATION: Imperial & Hawthorne
AREA/CITY: Hawthorne
DETAILS:
- A black vehicle ran a red light heading west on Imperial and crashed head-on into 2 cars waiting on the eastbound lanes
- The crash pushed the 2 waiting cars backwards into the eastbound lanes
- The driver of the red light-running vehicle was pulled out by paramedics and given CPR
- The driver was transported after 15 minutes of CPR
- 1 other person was transported from one of the waiting cars
- 4 walking wounded, all checked out by paramedics
HANDLING AGENCIES: Hawthorne PD LACOFD
SOT(s): Wit Scott S