(L.A.) Cesar Hernandez, 51, Died on a Street

Case Number: 2024-00682

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 51-year-old Latino male that occurred on a street.

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

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Blunt Force Head Trauma

RIP CESAR HERNANDEZ (August 27, 1972 – January 10, 2024)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Wednesday at 11:43 p.m.

The decedent was riding a bicycle when he was fatally hit by a vehicle in the unincorporated area of Lennox.

California Highway Patrol officers were called at 11:41 p.m. to Hawthorne and Lennox boulevards where they found the victim. He was attended to by L.A. County Fire Department paramedics who declared him dead at the scene.

Note that the Department of Medical Examiner had initially spelled the decedent’s surname as Hernadez and not Hernandez.