(L.A.) Sergio Lopez, 17, Died on the 605 Freeway

Case Number: 2025-03903

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 17-year-old Latino male that occurred on the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway near Industry.

The coroner’s office identified the teen as Sergio Lopez.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Blunt-Force Head Trauma

RIP SERGIO LOPEZ (August 12, 2007 – March 1, 2025)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 2:10 a.m.

California Highway Patrol officers had been called at 1:30 a.m. to respond to the junction of the southbound 605 and the Pomona (60) Freeway for a vehicle in a ditch.

One person was pronounced deceased at the scene and two other individuals were taken to a hospital in unknown condition.

The CHP closed four lanes of the transition road from the southbound 605 Freeway and the 60 Freeway while they investigated the cause of the crash.