The man was flung out of the back of the truck with the mattress (Picture: KSLA)

A man is in hospital after flying off the back of a pickup truck with the mattress he was attempting to hold down.

According to KSLA, the man was riding in the back of the vehicle on the Kings Highway in Los Angeles at around 12.30pm on Thursday when the mattress he was lying on was flung out of the back – with him still on it.

He landed on the highway and rolled into a concrete barrier.

The mattress was not tied down (Picture: KSLA)

The unidentified man was taking to University Health Hospital with fractures and road rash but his injuries are not life-threatening.


Officers, who are still investigating the incident, reminded people that a human being cannot hold down an untied mattress if it goes airborne.

The man suffered fractures but his injuries were not life-threatening (Picture: KSLA)