(L.A.) Trina Newman-Townsend Died on Christmas Eve

Case Number: 2022-13426

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 62-year-old Black female that occurred on a street.

The coroner’s office identified the woman as Trina Newman-Townsend.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Blunt-Force Injuries

RIP TRINA NEWMAN-TOWNSEND (September 3, 1960 – December 24, 2022)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Saturday at 3:31 p.m.

The decedent was a minister who fostered several children.

She passed away after being hit by a car in South L.A. on Christmas Eve.

The driver fled the scene.

Witnesses say Newman-Townsend was dropping off gifts for local children at a community center on Broadway near 88th Street at around 3:25 p.m. when a driver plowed into her as she stepped off the sidewalk to get into her car.