A 53-year-old Huntington Beach man has died after he was run over by an OCTA bus, according to a news report.
Huntington Beach police said that Richard Collins was a passenger on an OCTA bus and got off at the bus stop at Huntington Street and Pacific Coast Highway. As the bus was leaving, Collins fell into the street and was run over by the rear wheels of the bus. He was taken to UCI Medical Center in Orange in critical condition, and later died from his injuries.
Investigators said that Collins may have been intoxicated at the time of the accident; toxicology reports are still pending.
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