(L.A.) Hernan Schwindt, 21, Died on the 5 Fwy

Case Number: 2024-19959

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 21-year-old male that occurred on the 5 Freeway.

The coroner’s office has identified the young man as Hernan Schwindt.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Blunt Trauma

RIP HERNAN SCHWINDT (May 21, 2003 – December 21, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 7:36 a.m.

The decedent was a motorcyclist who was fatally injured in a multi-vehicle crash by Griffith Park and Atwater Village.

California Highway Patrol said the crash incident happened on the northbound freeway near the connector to the eastbound Ventura (134) Freeway.