LOS ANGELES, CA – A founding member of the rap group Run-DMC suffered a minor injury Friday after an SUV he was riding in collided with a garbage truck on the eastbound Glenn Anderson Freeway near South Los Angeles. The California Highway Patrol received the crash call at 11:43 a.m. Oct. 30 near the interchange with the Harbor Freeway in the West Athens area.
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SUV and Garbage Truck Collided on Eastbound 105 Freeway
CHP officers responded to a two-vehicle collision involving the SUV and the garbage truck. The Run-DMC member was riding as a passenger and was not driving. Public reports did not identify the SUV driver, the garbage-truck driver or the company operating the truck.
Video recorded after the collision showed both vehicles stopped on the freeway. The SUV had extensive damage along its passenger side, and shattered glass was visible inside. Its front end was facing against the direction of traffic after the crash. People associated with the garbage truck were seen near the vehicles as emergency crews worked at the scene.
Los Angeles Fire Department personnel responded and spoke with the Run-DMC member after the crash. CHP said he complained of minor pain. His management later confirmed he was OK and said everyone involved in the accident was OK. Authorities did not report any serious injuries or announce that anyone required emergency transportation.
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Run-DMC Member Was a Passenger in Los Angeles Freeway Crash
The rapper is a founding member of Run-DMC, the Queens, New York, group that helped bring hip-hop into the American mainstream during the 1980s. The group became known for recordings including “It’s Like That,” “Walk This Way” and “It’s Tricky.”
The available reports consistently placed him in the SUV as a passenger rather than behind the wheel. CHP’s description of minor pain and statements from his representatives that he was OK are not necessarily inconsistent, but officials did not release a diagnosis or say whether he received additional medical evaluation after leaving the freeway.
The damaged SUV was eventually towed, and CHP said the scene had been cleared. No report reviewed for this article identified an injury to anyone associated with the garbage truck. The agency did not provide a detailed lane-closure timeline or say how long traffic was affected near the 105 and 110 freeway interchange.
Cause of 105 Freeway Garbage-Truck Crash Remains Under Investigation
Authorities had not announced what caused the collision by Friday afternoon. The available accounts did not say whether either vehicle changed lanes before impact, whether speed contributed to the crash or whether either driver was cited. No report reviewed for this article attributed fault to the SUV driver or the garbage-truck driver.
The collision involved a commercial garbage truck and a passenger SUV, but the public record remained too limited to determine how the vehicles came into contact. Investigators had not released a completed collision report, and the identity of the garbage-truck operator or its employer had not been made public in the reports available Friday.
CHP had cleared the scene and provided no additional information about the cause as of Friday afternoon. Further reporting or an official collision report could establish the vehicles’ movements before impact and whether either driver committed a traffic violation.
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