A person died on an off-ramp of the 5 Freeway in Downey Sunday night after an apparent medical emergency.
The California Highway Patrol was alerted to the incident at about 11:15 p.m., and officers responded to the off-ramp at Lakewood Avenue,
It remains to be seen if the person was a pedestrian or if they were a driver who stopped their vehicle on the off-ramp, but they were declared dead at the scene.
The scene was cleared overnight, and nothing indicates that the incident was a hit-and-run, the CHP added.
Nancy Fontan contributed to this report.