Boy dies after jumping out of pickup truck
A 7-year-old boy died this afternoon after jumping out of the bed of a slow moving pickup truck, police said.
The incident occurred about 3:30 p.m. in a neighborhood near Owens Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard.
Police said several children were riding in the truck's bed when the boy jumped out.
Police did not have immediate specific information on how the fatal injury occurred, but paraqmedics at the scene deteced a pulse.
He was then transported to University Medical Center.
A female relative was dirving the truck.
