(L.A.) Austin Brooks, 30, Died on the 105 Freeway

Case Number: 2024-01676

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 30-year-old White/Caucasian male on the Glenn Anderson (105) Freeway.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Austin Brooks.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Traumatic Injuries

RIP AUSTIN BROOKS (November 8, 1993 – January 26, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Friday at 2:37 a.m.

The decedent was fatally hit on the 105 Freeway near the West Athens neighborhood.

California Highway Patrol officers had responded to the westbound freeway and the Vermont Avenue exit after the accident was called in at arond 2:11 a.m.