(L.A.) Yairo Mejia, 28, Died at a Freeway Underpass

Case Number: 2023-02526

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 28-year-old male of Latin American ethnicity that occurred at a freeway underpass.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Yairo Mejia.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Fluorofentanyl and Methamphetamine Toxicity

RIP YAIRO MEJIA (March 13, 1994 – March 5, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Sunday at 12:34 p.m.

Ruling by the deputy medical examiner was published on January 14, presumably after the results of tox screening came back positive for the drugs.