Downtown Los Angeles, CA - Pedestrian Killed After Being Struck by Metro Bus

Downtown Los Angeles, California (July 5, 2026) - A pedestrian died after being struck by a Metro bus on 6th Street in downtown Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The crash happened shortly after 10:20 p.m. on July 5, 2026, as the bus was making a right turn onto the street. Police say the pedestrian was running in the crosswalk when the bus struck them. The victim, whose identity has not been released, died at the scene.

LAPD is still investigating. No details about the bus route, the driver, or what led up to the collision have been made public.

This is a developing story. Details may change as the investigation continues.

A family waiting for a call that never comes deserves a straight answer about how this happened, not silence from a transit agency.

Fatal Pedestrian Accidents in California

A pedestrian struck while already inside a marked crosswalk starts from a strong legal position. California law requires a driver making a right turn to yield to anyone already in the crosswalk, and a failure to do so points directly at the driver's conduct.

• Who may be liable: the bus driver and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), which employs and trains its operators
• What investigators examine: the bus's onboard camera footage, its event data recorder, the driver's training and disciplinary file, and whether the turn was made at a safe speed
• Comparative fault: California follows a pure comparative fault standard, so even if the family's loved one is found partially at fault, they can still recover a share of damages
• Wrongful death claims in California must generally be filed within two years of the date of death (CCP § 377.60), which for this crash would be July 5, 2028

Because Metro is a public entity, a separate and much shorter deadline applies. Under the California Government Claims Act, the family must file a formal government tort claim against Metro within six months of July 5, 2026. That deadline is January 5, 2027. Missing this filing permanently bars the right to pursue a civil lawsuit against the agency.

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Losing someone in the middle of an ordinary walk across the street leaves a family with more questions than a transit agency is usually willing to answer on its own.

Our wrongful death attorneys have recovered more than $200 million for California families, including a $5 million wrongful death settlement, and know how to pull a public agency's own maintenance and dispatch records into a case.

Metro's onboard camera footage and the bus's event data recorder only stay available for a limited window before they're overwritten or reassigned, so preserving that evidence now matters more than it will in a few weeks.

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