INCIDENT: Fatal Hit-and-Run Crash
DATE: July 10, 2025
TIME: Approximately 9:47 p.m.
LOCATION: Fountain Avenue/Gardner Street, West Hollywood
UNIT: West Hollywood Sheriff Station
Traffic Investigators from the West Hollywood Sheriff's station are investigating the circumstances of a fatal hit and run traffic collision involving a white older model BMW sedan and a bicyclist. The incident took place at the intersection of Fountain Avenue and Gardner Street in the city of West Hollywood.
Preliminary information indicates the bicyclist was traveling westbound on Fountain Avenue when the white sedan traveling westbound on Fountain Avenue crashed with the bicyclist. The white sedan fled the scene westbound on Fountain Avenue. The bicyclist was transported to Cedars Sinai Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The white BMW sedan is expected to have a shattered windshield on the passenger side of the vehicle.
The cause of the collision is still being investigated. It is unknown at this time if alcohol or drugs played a role. Anyone with information regarding this collision is asked to contact the Traffic Investigators at West Hollywood Sheriff's station at 310-855-8850.
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Robert G. Luna, Sheriff
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