A person sitting on a bus bench was struck and killed in a car accident leaving one car split in half near PCC campus.
An unidentified, 20 year old driver going upwards of 100 mph in his Nissan slammed into another vehicle and killed a pedestrian who was sitting on a bus bench on Nov. 13, the Long Beach Police Department confirmed.
The victim, a 50 year old, was hit and swung off the bus bench slamming into the doors of the 7-Eleven storefront. It was reported by Fox News that the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner identified the man as Carlos Ceron of Long Beach.
The accident occurred during the evening rush hour and was heard from at the VIP Records storefront which is a few doors down from where the accident took place.
“(I) was standing inside the shop and heard the impact,” Kelvin Anderson Sr., VIP Records owner, said. “I walked outside and literally, the car was split in half.”
“There was debris everywhere. I think it was the concrete bus stop bench that split his car,” Anderson Sr. said.
Anderson Sr. then described the scene of the people involved in the crash.
“(The) driver of the Nissan, I watched him bend over and step out of the car. He looked at the damage and sat on the curb,” Anderson Sr said.
“The lady in the Jeep was sitting on the corner of PCH and MLK. The man on the bus bench was hit and pushed all the way to the doors and 7-Eleven,” Anderson Sr. said while showing the pictures he captured on his camera phone.
People driving recklessly on PCH is nothing new to Anderson Sr. Since last year, Anderson Sr. has witnessed countless accidents in front of his store.
7-Eleven employee Sajun Sraman was behind the register at the time of the crash.
“I did not see (the) accident, (I) only heard it,” Sraman said, referring to the man who was sitting on the bus bench who slammed into the store front’s door.
“A customer came in and was scared,” Sraman explained. “I did nothing. I was in shock. I helped the other customers in line, but I just froze. The cops came, locked our doors, and told us that we couldn’t let customers in. They taped off the block and did their work.”
The driver of the Nissan and Jeep were not seriously injured when first reported.