(L.A.) Juan Areyan, 36, Died from a Hit-and-Run
Case Number: 2023-08179
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 36-year-old Latino male in Wilmington.
The coroner’s office has identified the man as Juan Areyan.
Manner of Death: Accident
Cause of Death: Blunt Trauma
RIP JUAN AREYAN (May 30, 1987 – July 3, 2023)
Formal pronouncement of death was made on Monday at 9:16 p.m.
The decedent was was lighting fireworks on a Wilmington street on the eve of Fourth of July when he was run down by Rachel Gutierrez.
Gutierrez, 37, was charged two days later with murder, hit-and-run, and driving under the influence.
Areyan was hit while he was standing on Fries Avenue just north of G Street. He was with friends and relatives lighting fireworks when the driver of a speeding northbound vehicle ran a stop sign and crashed into him, throwing him more than 120 feet north on Fries Street. He landed under the front end of another vehicle that was exiting a nearby grocery store.
GoFundMe: gofundme.com/f/in-the-loving-memory-of-juan-areyan