A 17-year-old boy riding a skateboard was struck and killed by a vehicle in South Los Angeles Friday.
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Paramedics responded to the 400 block of West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, near Figueroa Street, shortly after 4:25 p.m. Friday regarding a collision involving a skateboarder, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
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It was unclear what led up to the crash, where the teenage boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
His name was being withheld pending notification of relatives.
The fatal crash was being investigated Friday evening by the Los Angeles Police Department.
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