(L.A.) Martin Ortiz, 61, Died on a Traffic Island

Case Number: 2025-00738

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 61-year-old Latino male that occurred on a traffic island.

The coroner’s office identified the man as Martin Ortiz.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Blunt-Force Trauma

RIP MARTIN ORTIZ (August 15, 1963 – January 11, 2025)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 8:28 p.m.

The decedent apparently slammed his vehicle into a billboard pole in the Florence-Firestone area of South L.A.

California Highway Patrol said the crash happened at around 8:12 p.m. in the 8600 block of Juniper Street, near Firestone Boulevard and Alameda Street.