A man was killed after being hit by a car on a Los Angeles-area freeway while trying to escape an immigration enforcement operation. The event happened on a Thursday morning in Monrovia, a city just outside Los Angeles. Officials received reports that immigration agents were approaching a local Home Depot, which led to the man running away.
A day laborer who was there told the Los Angeles Times that people started shouting “Immigration, run!” as agents got closer to the store. In the chaos, one man ran out of the building, climbed over a concrete wall, and entered the eastbound lanes of the 210 Freeway. A few minutes later, Monrovia Fire & Rescue was called to the scene after reports that a pedestrian had been hit by a car on the freeway. The man was taken to a hospital but later died from his injuries.
