Fire crews responded to a burning pickup truck in Los Angeles’ West Side early Friday morning but were unable to locate the driver.
The crash was reported around 3 a.m. after the driver slammed into several yellow sand barrels on the side of the Marina Expressway near Culver Boulevard and went off the road.
Shortly after, the pickup burst into flames, igniting a nearby tree. Los Angeles Fire Department crews were sent to the scene to extinguish the fire, but the driver was already gone.
Firefighters douse a pickup truck fire in Los Angeles on Oct. 31, 2025. (OnScene.TV)
Officers search for a missing driver after a crash in Los Angeles on Oct. 31, 2025. (OnScene.TV)
Video showed California Highway Patrol officers searching the crash scene and on the other side of a creek, but they were unable to locate anyone in the tree-covered roadside area.
It was unclear if the driver fled the scene after the crash or was injured and hadn’t been located yet.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
