- A 17-year-old boy fell to his death while climbing the arches of an iconic bridge in Los Angeles.
- Police said he wanted to post a "social-media broadcast" when he slipped and fell.
A 17-year-old boy fell to his death on Saturday after attempting to film a social media stunt on the Los Angeles 6th Street bridge, the police said.
The teenager — who was not named — slipped while "climbing upon one of the arches in order to post, apparently, a social-media broadcast," $4$4$4.
"Tragically we see that location, while it has spawned a great deal of pride in Los Angeles, it has also, unfortunately, served as a backdrop now for tragedies such as this," Moore said.
Moore did not say which social media platform the teenager was using.
But the boy's father said $4: his son wasn't trying to post something and didn't even have his phone on him.
"He didn't even care about social media," the boy's father $4.
Police found the boy at around 2 a.m. on the 6th Street viaduct and he was pronounced dead at a hospital, $4.
The $588 million bridge was opened in July and has been closed multiple times because of vandalism and street stunts. It's notoriously become the site of street takeovers and illegal drag races, $4.
Some TikTokers have filmed themselves climbing the bridge's arches — which light up in red and blue and are its defining feature.
@bluevi.o Someone sent me that last picture #6thstreet #losangeles #bridge #6thstreetbridge #california #newbirdge ♬ Oh No - Kreepa
According to the $4, plans for the bridge initially featured guardrails and stairs on its arches. However, that design was eventually scrapped, Caroll reported.