(L.A.) Alberto Hernandez, 21, Died on a Street

Case Number: 2024-12669

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 21-year-old Latino male that occurred on a street.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Alberto Hernandez.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Blunt-Force Trauma

RIP ALBERTO HERNANDEZ (February 19, 2003 – August 9, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Friday at 8:29 a.m.

The decedent was fatally injured in a collision involving his gold Honda Accord car and a trash truck in the Canyon Country area east of Santa Clarita.

LAFD paramedics had been sent to the 17800 block of Soledad Canyon Road, north of the Santa Clarita River, at around 8 a.m.

Reference address: 17909 Galeton Road

This appears to be the seventh death on Santa Clarita Valley roads in the past two weeks.