An officer with the California Highway Patrol died Wednesday after suffering from a medical emergency following an arrest in Culver City, authorities said, leading to a single-car crash.
CHP Commissioner Sean Duryee announced during a news conference that Officer Miguel Cano, 34, of Moreno Valley, was pronounced dead at about 1:40 a.m. His cause of death is still unclear as of Wednesday morning.
“We do not think the crash was consistent with fatal injuries,” Duryee said.
Duryee said he and his partner arrested a person on suspicion of DUI and were transporting them when Cano told his partner that he wasn’t feeling well. His partner responded by saying that he didn’t look well, and Cano lost consciousness soon after…