An 81-year-old man was killed and 50-year-old man remains in critical condition Tuesday morning after a crash involving a Metro bus on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood.
The two men were "somewhere between the center median and south sidewalk" at a crosswalk Monday night near Palm Avenue (map), said Lt. Sergio Aloma, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The crossing is not controlled by a traffic light.
"We're trying to determine who had right-of-way," said Aloma.
A preliminary investigation suggests speed was not a factor, Aloma said. Investigators are attempting to determine whether the men were in the crosswalk.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's received the report at 11:41 p.m. The bus was eastbound on Santa Monica Boulevard. The victims -- crossing from north to south -- were in or near a grassy center median, Aloma said.
The bus' windshield was cracked, but Aloma said it was not immediately clear whether the damage was connected to the crash.
A one-mile stretch of Santa Monica Boulevard was closed between San Vicente Boulevard and Hancock Avenue during the investigation. The road reopened at about 6 a.m.
