Pedestrian killed by hit-and-run driver, police say
The woman was walking on Ninth Street near Fashion Avenue early Sunday morning when she was hit, according to authorities.
Police are investigating the death of a woman who was hit by a car while walking on Ninth Street in West Long Beach early Sunday morning.
Long Beach police say the woman was walking in the roadway near Fashion Avenue around 4 a.m. Sunday when she was hit by a person driving a white Toyota Tacoma that was traveling westbound on Ninth.
The truck then fled the scene, police said.
Long Beach Fire Department personnel gave the woman aid and then took her to a local hospital, where she died of her injuries later that day, according to authorities. Police said they did not learn of her death until Wednesday.
The woman's identity is being withheld while the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's office works to notify her next of kin, police said.
Police are asking anyone who may have seen the crash to call LBPD Collision Investigation Detail Detective Ashley Van Holland at 562-570-7355.
This is the 19th 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 nine traffic fatalities by this time last year.
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