A man was pulled from his truck and beaten to death after driving towards a group stood outside a sports bar he'd just been kicked out of, it is claimed.
Melguin Lopez Santos, 40, was asked to leave Rock It sports bar and grill in Hawthorne, Southern California, early Saturday and then argued with someone while walking to his truck, said Lt. Hugo Reynaga of the Los Angeles County Sheriff´s Department.
This photo shows the damage to the corner of a building after a man who'd just been thrown out of a bar crashed his truck into it, before being dragged out, beaten and dying
Santos then intentionally drove the truck onto the sidewalk, nearly hitting a group of patrons before his truck wedged against a tree, the Daily Breeze reported.
As the drinkers tried to take the man out of the driver´s seat, Santos accelerated again and hit the corner of a nearby building, Reynaga said.
That group then took the driver out of the truck and continued fighting with him as Hawthorne police arrived, sheriff's Deputy Grace Medrano said.
Melguin Lopez Santos, 40, was named as the victim. He is said to have been kicked out of Rock It sports bar in Hawthorne, California, shortly before his death
The driver suffered was beaten to death and suffered severe blunt-force trauma, Medrano said. He died at the scene.
Cops are now investigating whether Santos may have suffered a medical condition which contributed to his death, and haven't said whether he was drunk at the time of the incident which resulted in his death.
It was captured on surveillance video, but the footage was grainy and the fight occurred behind the truck partially out of view, Reynaga said.
'You could see there was a fight going on, but you couldn´t tell who was doing what,' he told the newspaper.
Most of the people involved in the fight were interviewed by detectives and then released, pending the result of an autopsy.
Cops are unclear how many people fled the scene, but said they are seeking four suspects.
Detectives were waiting for the results of the autopsy to see if the man may have suffered a medical issue during the fight that led to his death, Reynaga said, adding that the crashes 'weren´t that impactful.'
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