Good morning, it’s Wednesday, July 15, and sweltering heat will bake the city, with highs reaching the mid 90s.
A motorcyclist crashed into a teenager, but it’s the City of L.A. that will pay $20 million.
On the afternoon of March 30, 2023, Joshua Mora, then 13, was on his way home from school in Boyle Heights, crossing Whittier Boulevard at Orme Avenue in a painted crosswalk, when a motorcyclist careened into him.
Doctors had to amputate one of the boy’s legs below the knee and he suffered from a mild brain injury. The motorcyclist, Erwin Majano, was eventually arrested and ultimately pleaded no contest to a felony count of hit and run. A judge sentenced Majano to three years in prison.
But it is the city of Los Angeles who will pay.
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