Pedestrian killed in Wrigley crash, police say
This is the 58th traffic fatality reported by the LBPD in 2025 — the deadliest year since at least 1990, data shows.
Police are investigating the death of a woman who was hit by a car in Wrigley Saturday night.
The woman was crossing Pacific Coast Highway southbound in a marked crosswalk near Cedar Avenue around 8:45 p.m. when she was struck by a 2013 Ford Fusion traveling eastbound, police said.
Long Beach Fire Department personnel treated the woman at the scene before taking her to a local hospital, where she died of her injuries, according to authorities.
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.
The driver of the Ford Fusion remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators, according to the LBPD.
Police said that at this time, they do not believe that speed, distracted driving or impaired driving contributed to the crash.
Anyone who saw the crash is urged to call LBPD Collision Investigation Detail Detective Efrain Pineda at 562-570-7355.
This is the 58th traffic fatality reported by the LBPD this year, making it the deadliest year since at least 1990, when the city reported 51 deaths, according to LBPD data from a public records request by the Watchdog.
Traffic deaths hit a low in 1999 with 15, data shows. From 2000 through 2019, the city averaged 26 fatal traffic accidents per year.
In 2020, fatalities reached a 29-year high at 49 and then dipped to 45 deaths in both 2021 and 2022, data shows. That figure dropped to 36 deaths in 2023, but jumped to 44 last year.
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