(L.A.) Rick Rodriguez, 24, Died in a Hospital
Case Number: 2025-05174
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 24-year-old Latino male that occurred in a hospital.
The coroner’s office identified the young man as Rick Rodriguez of Pomona.
Manner of Death: Accident
Cause of Death: Traumatic Injuries
RIP RICK RODRIGUEZ (October 26, 2000 – March 23, 2025)
Formal pronouncement of death was made on Sunday at 7:00 a.m.
The decedent had been arrested on suspicion of DUI after a fatal wrong-way crash on the 60 Freeway in Pomona.
Two women died on the scene of that accident on March 22, Saturday, at around 11:15 p.m. A one-year-old baby would also later die.
California Highway Patrol stated that Rodriguez, in a Honda Accord, was driving east in westbound lanes when he hit a Civic head-on, spun and also struck a Highlander.
The Civic’s driver, a 29-year-old Huntington Park woman, and a passenger, a 39-year-old woman, were killed. The child was also a Civic passenger.