Crime & Safety

Foul Play Not Suspected in Parking Lot Death, Authorities Say

A man died in a vehicle in the parking lot of the Ralphs grocery store in Rancho Palos Verdes.

A man died in the parking lot of the Ralphs grocery store at the corner of Hawthorne Boulevard and Crest Road in Rancho Palos Verdes on Wednesday morning.

According to Lt. John Wolak of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Lomita Station, paramedics were called to the scene shortly before 8 a.m. and were unable to revive him. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

"It appears to be (an) unknown cause (of death), but no foul play," Wolak told Patch. 

The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office is investigating. Even when foul play is not suspected, the coroner's office investigates sudden deaths, Wolak said.

The man's name has not been released.


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