SANTA MONICA—Around 9:41 p.m. on July 9, officers from the Santa Monica Police Department responded to reports of a body on the I-10 Freeway beneath the Lincoln Boulevard overpass. The victim was struck by a vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
According to reports, the deceased man jumped off the overpass. At 9:56 p.m., the Southern Division of the California Highway Patrol issued a signal alert stating that all lanes on I-10 were closed east of Lincoln Boulevard due to police activity. It issued another alert around 1:50 a.m. on Friday, June 10, reporting that traffic reopened.
The investigation into the death, which is being treated as a suicide, is being conducted by the SMPD, and the CHP is investigating the traffic collision. The name of the victim has not been disclosed to the public.
Canyon News reached out to the SMPD, for comment but did not hear back before publication.
By Daniel Diquinzio