(L.A.) Justin Skaggs, 36, Died on the 101 Freeway

Case Number: 2025-07937

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 36-year-old White/Caucasian male that occurred on the Hollywood Freeway near the Hollywood Bowl.

The coroner’s office identified the man as Justin Skaggs.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Multiple Blunt-Force Injuries

RIP JUSTIN NEWMAN SKAGGS (August 1, 1988 – May 13, 2025)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Tuesday at 1:30 a.m.

The decedent was hit by a vehicle on the 101 Freeway and knocked into the northbound lanes.

California Highway Patrol had responded at around 1:18 a.m. to the southbound freeway and the Cahuenga Boulevard off-ramp where they found a BMW sedan blocking one lane of the freeway, a white sedan blocking the middle lanes of the freeway with deployed airbags, and the lifeless pedestrian.