A 17-year-old La Habra boy has died after he was struck by flying debris on the 57 freeway while riding in his mother’s car, according to a news report.
The California Highway Patrol said that Whittier Christian High School junior Ethan Hawks was riding in a Hyundai sedan with his mother on the 57 freeway in Anaheim when a metal object crashed through their windshield and cut his neck and face. He was taken to UC Irvine Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries on Thanksgiving Day.
Investigators said the piece of metal either fell from a truck or was hit by another vehicle and launched into the air before striking the Hawks’ windshield. His mother, Kathleen Hawks, was not injured.
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