A Los Angeles teen plunged 75 feet to his death while watching an early morning sideshow or illegal street takeover on Saturday after he fell over the edge of the freeway, according to local reports.

Jose Cuevas, 16, was spectating the wild meetup featuring more than 100 cars practicing different stunts, ranging from run-of-the-mill donuts to burnouts. Participating in and even just informally watching the demonstrations is illegal in California.

The gathering took place around 3 a.m. near Interstate 80 in the San Francisco Bay Area. 4

Jose reportedly fell to his death closer to 3:30 a.m. after scaling a concrete barrier up to the freeway near the Carquinez Bridge, which has approximately 148 feet of clearance underneath.

The teen’s fatal fall was only discovered after authorities

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