LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The body of a man, approximately 60 years old, was found this morning on the right shoulder of the southbound 101 Freeway near Echo Park, authorities said.
The body was discovered at about 8:10 a.m. on the southbound freeway near Boylston Street, just north of the Pasadena (110) Freeway, the California Highway Patrol reported.
A representative from the Los Angeles County coroner’s office was called to the scene at 8:25 a.m.
No further information was immediately available.
This is the second body found on a Los Angeles freeway in the last week.
Tioni Theus, 16, was discovered Jan. 8 on the southbound 110 freeway near the Manchester Blvd. freeway onramp in South LA.
No further information has been made public on her case either or if there is any connection between the two deaths.
2UrbanGIrls contributed to this report