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Sophia Hutchins Dies in Malibu ATV Crash

Her work ranged from managing Caitlyn Jenner’s public appearances to leading a health-technology startup.

Sophia Hutchins
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Overview

  • On July 2, Hutchins’s ATV collided with a moving vehicle near Jenner’s Malibu estate and plunged roughly 100 meters into a ravine
  • Emergency responders pronounced the 29-year-old dead at the scene while the two occupants of the other vehicle were uninjured
  • She managed Jenner’s public engagements and led the Caitlyn Jenner Foundation starting in 2017
  • A Pepperdine University graduate with a business and finance degree, Hutchins also founded her own health-technology company
  • Transgender advocates, Hollywood peers and Jenner herself have expressed grief over the loss of a prominent community leader