I promise, this happened. He wasn’t wearing a seat belt, went through the window at high velocity. I remember when it happened because I live about 3 miles away. It was around Halloween and everyone thought the torso on the freeway sign was a prank.

Here’s the LA Times story about it:

https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/tn-gnp-fatal-car-accident-on-5-freeway-in-glendale-20151030-htmlstory.html