The cause of the accident is not yet known, while the officer involved is on administrative leave pending further investigation.
A pedestrian died after a fatal crash with a Huntington Beach police vehicle whose officer was responding to a radio call the morning of Aug. 27, according to authorities.
The accident occurred at approximately 5:40 a.m. near North Pacific and Broadway, when the officer struck pedestrian Derrick Deon Flanders, a 45-year-old resident of Rancho Palos Verdes.
According to a statement from Central Highway Patrol, Flanders was taken to the hospital where he later died.
The circumstances leading up to the accident were initially unclear, though the 22-year-old officer driving the vehicle was unharmed.
The crash is being investigated by Central Highway Patrol, and authorities were reportedly sent to UCI Medical Center to conduct an investigation into the details leading up to the crash.
The type of call the officer was responding to is not yet known.
The officer was placed on administrative leave while the crash is under investigation, with any who may have witnessed the crash urged to contact investigators at their Westminster-area office at (714) 892-4426.
