(L.A.) Mikkel Andersen, 17, Died on the 110 Freeway

Case Number: 2010-06670

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 17-year-old Caucasian male that occurred on a freeway.

The coroner’s office has identified the teenager as Mikkel Andersen.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Multiple Traumatic Injuries

RIP MIKKEL CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN (November 20, 1992 – October 9, 2010)

The name is Danish. The decedent was a student from Copenhagen, Denmark. He was staying in Redondo Beach in order to learn English at the EF International Language School.

Apparently, the young man was part of a group on a party bus that went to Hollywood. On the way back, the bus loaded with 30 drunk students stopped at a gas station for a bathroom break, and he was left behind. He tried to walk home.

Andersen was killed as he tried to cross the 110 Freeway on foot at about 3:30 a.m.

The Redondo Beach Police Department charged Jeremy Touche, a 22-year-old student from France, with a variety of misdemeanor charges connected to the events of that night, including supplying alcohol to a minor. Touche allegedly arranged the entire evening, including renting the bus. Police believe he sent a mass text-message out to other students to market the event and charged each 40 dollars for the bus ride and alcohol. Coroner’s reports indicated Andersen’s blood-alcohol at the time of his death was .27, more than three times the legal limit for driving in California.

Touche, who faced six months to a year in county jail, was expelled from the language school. On his Facebook page this week, he listed his favorite quotes as “Why not…I don’t CARE…! Fuck you!” He listed “partying” as his only interest under the “activities” category.

Ironically, on Aug. 8, the very day before Andersen’s death, City Prosecutor Brenda Wells reached a plea bargain arrangement with another student regarding another “party bus” Hollywood excursion that led to the alleged rape of 20-year-old South Korean girl who was also a student at EF International School.

In that incident, Redondo Beach police believe that Jember Martelo-Oca, a 20-year-old student from Venezuela, arranged a bus trip to a Hollywood club on the night of Aug. 6. According a Los Angeles Police Department investigation, the girl met 19-year-old Hector Lopez on Hollywood Boulevard.

“The victim was on a party bus where alcohol was being served,” said LAPD Det. Kimberly Porter. “She gets to the location in Hollywood, meets the suspect, he takes her to a secondary location and forcibly rapes her.”

Porter said the incident occurred “behind a business.” She said the LAPD have recently keyed in on party buses and has begun pulling them over and checking for any minors being served alcohol.

RBPD began investigating the party buses being arranged by language school students after the August incident. Martello-Oca, it turns out, was Touche’s roommate with a host family in Hermosa Beach. He pled guilty to serving alcohol without a license and was sentenced to three years’ probation and 240 hours of community service.