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Family Performed Lamb Sacrifice for Burbank Man Days Before He Was Ejected Onto 5 Freeway Sign
POSTED 11:11 AM, NOVEMBER 2, 2015, BY
TRACY BLOOM, UPDATED AT 04

4PM, NOVEMBER 2, 2015
On Oct. 25, a relative had done a lamb sacrifice for Pananian — pictured here in a photo posted to a GoFundMe page set up for his family — to protect him from evil, a post said.
Family members of a 20-year-old Burbank man whose body landed on a 5 Freeway sign after being ejected in a fatal car crash in Glendale have set up a fundraising page asking for help covering his funeral and other unexpected costs.
Richard Pananian died on Friday morning. He was allegedly driving his 2004 Ford Fiesta at a high rate of speed and passing vehicles on the right shoulder on the 5 just north of the eastbound 134 Freeway overpass when the deadly collision occurred, the California Highway Patrol said at the time.
His car flipped over multiple times and he was ejected about 20 feet into the air. His body landed on the Colorado Street exit ramp sign overhead.
Pananian appeared to not be wearing a seatbelt at the time, according to CHP.
In the GoFundMe page, a cousin revealed that just days before his death, a lamb sacrifice had been performed for the young man to protect him from evil.

An L.A. firefighter covers the body of a man who was ejected from a vehicle after a crash on the 5 Freeway on Oct. 30, 2015. (Credit: KTLA)
“A week ago today on 10/25 the family had done what is called a “matag” or a lamb sacrifice for Richard to protect him from harm and evil,” Armen Kardashian wrote in the post. “In the Armenian culture sacrifices are done when someone escapes death, as Richards life was once spared.”
He did not delve further or provide any additional information about how exactly the young man’s life had been previously spared.
Kardashian then continued: “I find it ironic that 5 days after this offering to God, not only did God choose to take this young mans life, but decided to make such a spectacle out of it.”
Pananian was described by his cousin as being exceptionally friendly, giving and compassionate, and having “a beautiful soul.”
“He loved to work on, with, around cars, was never afraid to get his hands dirty. He was a type of person that would remember you, and call you to say hey I hope your having a good day. Completely selfless and gave to others before taking himself,” Kardashian stated in the post.
He also recalled his cousin always wore a seatbelt whenever in a car, and never needed to be reminded about it.
Pananian’s family is seeking to raise $50,000 to remove “any financial burden this family is facing during these traumatic times.”
In addition to funeral expenses, the money would go toward a memorial and any cost related to damages, the post stated.