Compton man arrested in suspected DUI crash that killed a woman in North Long Beach

Police arrested a Compton man after he allegedly left the scene of a suspected DUI crash that killed a woman in North Long Beach Saturday afternoon.

Long Beach police say 38-year-old Adalberto Delgado-Perez was driving a 2019 Volvo "at a high rate of speed" northbound on Atlantic Avenue when he crashed into a 2004 Chevrolet that was turning onto Atlantic Place from Atlantic.

After being hit, the Volvo then hit two other vehicles waiting at the intersection, police added. The crash also caused the Chevrolet to overturn, police said.

Long Beach Fire Department personnel determined that a female passenger in the Chevrolet died at the scene, according to authorities. Her identity is being withheld while the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner works to notify her next of kin, police said.

LBFD personnel took the man driving the Chevy to a local hospital, police added. His condition is not immediately known.

No one else involved in the crash was injured, according to the LBPD.

Delgado-Perez initially fled the scene, but returned a short time later and was arrested, police said. 

He was then booked into the Long Beach City Jail for hit-and-run resulting in death or injury, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and driving under the influence of alcohol causing bodily injury, according to police. 

His bail was set at $100,000, authorities said.

Authorities are asking anyone who may have seen the crash to call LBPD Collision Investigation Detail Detective Dougherty at 562-570-7355.

This is the 32nd traffic fatality reported by the LBPD in 2026. Last year, the department reported 56 traffic-related fatalities from 53 crashes, making it the deadliest year on the road since at least 1990, when the city reported 51 deaths, according to LBPD data from a public records request by the Watchdog.

The LBPD reported 37 traffic fatalities by this time last year.