LOS ANGELES — A man is dead Friday after the Honda Civic he was driving crashed into a tree and split in half.
Officers were called at 4:06 a.m. to the southbound 405 Freeway at West El Segundo Boulevard where they found the Honda Civic had run off the freeway and smashed into a tree, said Officer Patrick Kimball of the California Highway Patrol.
Kimball said the victim, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was a man in his 30s. The collision is under investigation.
