Overview
- Police say a southbound Toyota Camry struck 36-year-old Regan Cole-Graham from behind around 6 p.m. Saturday at Pershing Drive and Manchester Avenue, then continued forward, rolling over her while pushing the bike with her 3-year-old still seated.
- Cole-Graham was pronounced dead at the hospital, where staff delivered her 31-week baby; family members said the newborn girl died the following day in the NICU.
- The toddler passenger was hospitalized and expected to survive, according to authorities who have not released an updated condition.
- LAPD’s West Traffic Division says the 87-year-old driver stayed at the scene and that preliminary information shows no alcohol or drugs were involved; no arrests have been made as detectives seek witnesses.
- Her husband, Matt Graham, described her as a devoted mother as a family fundraiser surpassed $170,000, and residents renewed calls for better lighting and bike safety at the intersection.