A man on a skateboard was struck and killed by a Los Angeles Police Department vehicle Friday in the Highland Park area.

The crash occurred at 7:23 p.m. Friday at Woodside Drive and North Figueroa Street, LAPD Officer Drake Madison told City News Service. That location is next to Sycamore Grove Park.

The man believed in his 30s was pronounced dead at the scene, Madison said.

The man was riding a skateboard in the center of the road when he was struck by the police vehicle that was also moving in the center of the road on the way to a call, police officials at the scene said. The police vehicle was passing traffic at the time.

A carnival was underway in the park at the time and was shut down early after the crash, according to ABC7.

An investigation continued at the scene.

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