A 55-year-old man who was lying on the ground in a Van Nuys parking lot was killed Thursday by a semi-truck, according to law enforcement authorities.
A report of a traffic accident came in to the Los Angeles Police Department around 1:57 p.m. Thursday, said Kevin Terzus, a spokesman for the police department. The incident occurred in a parking lot near the intersection of Van Nuys Boulevard and Vanowen Street.
The vehicle, a semi emblazoned with the Jon’s Marketplace logo, was traveling westbound in the parking lot of a shopping complex that included a Jon’s Marketplace supermarket when it hit a pedestrian who was lying on the ground.
Photos obtained by KTLA show that police had cordoned off a section of the parking lot and covered a portion of the underside of the truck with tarps and cones. It was unclear whether the victim was still under the vehicle at the time the images were captured.
Los Angeles Fire Department officials responded and pronounced the man dead at the scene. Authorities have not released the man’s identity. The Valley Traffic division of LAPD investigation is ongoing, Terzus said.