Patient struck and killed on freeway after fleeing from California hospital

A patient fled Laguna Hills, Calif.-based Saddleback Regional Medical Center early Sunday morning and was killed running across the freeway, according to the Orange County Register.

Hospital staff reported to the Orange County Sheriff's Department that a patient took off from the hospital around 4:55 a.m. Sunday morning. Shortly thereafter, the patient was found on a nearby freeway after he was struck by a Volkswagen traveling between 70 to 75 mph, according to the report, which cited Rafael Reynoso, a California highway patrol spokesman. The driver was not arrested.

The patient's identity has not been released and the investigation continues.

The hospital told Becker's Hospital Review, "We are continuing to work with law enforcement to look at what happened."

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