Paparazzo dies while photographing Justin Bieber's Ferrari

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Published time: January 02, 2013 12:05
Edited time: January 02, 2013 16:05

A photographer in Los Angeles keen to snap photos of Justin Bieber's white Ferrari has been killed in an accident. The paparazzo was hit by another car and later died in the hospital.

­At the time of the crash, the 18-year-old singer was not in his Ferrari, police said.

Law enforcement sources told TMZ that Bieber's luxury car was pulled over by California Highway Patrol for a routine traffic stop near the Getty Center in Los Angeles.

The photographer, whose identity has not been revealed, was hit by an oncoming vehicle while walking across the boulevard shortly after he took several pictures.

Drugs and alcohol were not detected in the driver of the vehicle that hit the paparazzo, TMZ reported.