A pedestrian was struck and killed Saturday night at approximately 10:35 p.m. on Pacific Coast Highway near Gladstones Malibu restaurant, according to officials from the City of Los Angeles Fire Department Station 23. Capt. Wayne Havron said the victim was a woman approximately 30 years old. She was struck in the number one northbound lane of Pacific Coast Highway, and sustained multiple traumatic injuries to various locations on her body. She was transported to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
While he could not confirm it, Havron said he had heard that the person who struck the woman made a U-turn immediately and then walked back to the scene of the accident. He then contacted the fire captain and stated that he was the driver of the vehicle that struck the pedestrian.
The death of the pedestrian comes less than a week after a high-speed Ferrari crash at almost the exact same location. The Ferrari collided with a power pole and split in two, killing the passenger and critically wounding the driver.