LOS ANGELES – A man who was killed in a crash on Arroyo Seco (110) Parkway in Highland Park after leading police on a chase in an alleged stolen van was identified by county authorities Friday.

The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner identified the suspect as Erick Puente, 36.

Los Angeles Police Department officers began pursing the suspect, who was accused of driving a stolen work van, on streets in the downtown Los Angeles area around 8:30p.m. Monday shortly before he entered the Arroyo Seco Parkway in Chinatown.

As the driver approached the Avenue 43 exit on the northbound freeway, he stopped the van and began climbing out of the window and was struck by traffic on the opposite side of the freeway when he attempted to climb over the freeway’s center divider, according t

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