[01-22-2025] Los Angeles County, CA – Pedestrian Struck By Suspected DUI Driver In Broadway-Manchester Neighborhood

A pedestrian was injured after being struck by a suspected DUI driver in Los Angeles’ Broadway-Manchester neighborhood early Wednesday morning, January 22, 2025.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the collision occurred around 2:27 a.m. at the intersection of South Broadway and Century Boulevard. Officers arrived at the scene to find a pedestrian down in the roadway after being hit by a black pickup truck.

The pedestrian was hospitalized in unknown condition by the paramedics from the Los Angeles Fire Department. Initial reports suggested the victim may have died, but as of mid-morning, no confirmation had been provided by the LAPD.

The driver of the pickup truck underwent field sobriety tests at the scene and was arrested for felony DUI.

LAPD’s South Traffic Division is conducting an investigation into the crash.

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DUI Accident Statistics

The NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis reports that motor vehicle accidents with at least one drunk driver led to 11,654 deaths in 2020. This number accounted for 30% of all road fatalities nationwide. Fatalities from alcohol-impaired driving rose 14.3%, from 10,196 in 2019 to 11,654 in 2020.

One death occurred every 45 minutes due to alcohol-impaired driving. The age brackets of 21 to 24 and 25 to 34 had the highest percentages of alcohol-impaired drivers involved in deadly traffic collisions, accounting for 26% of all such accidents in 2020.

Twenty-seven percent of all alcohol-impaired drivers were motorcyclists, followed by drivers of passenger cars (23%), light trucks (19%), and heavy trucks (3%). Out of the 1,093 road deaths in 2020, which included children under the age of 14, alcohol-impaired driving was responsible for 229 deaths, or 21% of the total.