Overview
- A multi-vehicle crash occurred early Thursday around 1:20–1:30 a.m. at Atlantic Boulevard and Sheila Street when a sheriff’s SUV responding to a medical call struck a civilian car and that vehicle then hit a third car.
- The driver of the car struck by the deputy was pronounced dead at the scene, the deputy was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, and the other civilian driver was uninjured.
- Authorities have not released the identity of the person who died and the intersection was closed while investigators processed the scene.
- Video from the scene shows heavy front-end damage and deployed airbags on the sheriff’s SUV, and other deputies who were responding to the original call administered aid until Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel arrived.
- The Sheriff’s Department has opened an investigation that will review the collision, on-scene evidence and department procedures, with reports differing on whether the deputy had emergency lights or siren activated at the time.