Officer’s Car Kills Man Who Fell Off Motorcycle
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A 27-year-old Cal State Northridge student was killed Tuesday after he fell off his motorcycle in Chatsworth and was struck by a car driven by an on-duty Los Angeles police officer, police said.
Lutz Marcello Feyler, of Germany was traveling east on Lassen Street near De Soto Avenue when his motorcycle overturned on the roadway, said Officer Mark Warschaw.
Feyler slid on the pavement and was struck by a car that was making a left turn into a driveway. The car was driven by Officer Ysabel Salazar, 23, who is assigned to the department’s juvenile division.
Feyler died at Northridge Hospital Medical Center at 5:11 p.m.
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