(L.A.) Kimberly Ayala Rodriguez, 23, Died in Canoga Park
Case Number: 2024-00408
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 23-year-old Hispanic female that occurred in a vehicle.
The coroner’s office has identified the woman as Kimberly Ayala Rodriguez.
Manner of Death: Accident
Cause of Death: Blunt Trauma
RIP KIMBERLY AYALA RODRIGUEZ (January 6, 2001 – January 7, 2024)
Formal pronouncement of death was made on Sunday at 1:05 a.m.
The decedent was fatally injured in a car crash, along with 24-year-old Pedro Montelongo.
L.A. Fire Department said the accident happened at around 12:45 a.m. in the 7600 block of North Topanga Canyon Boulevard.
Three vehicles collided at the intersection due to unknown circumstances. Pedro Montelongo and Kimberley Rodriguez became trapped in the wreckage; both of them died at the scene before they could be extricated.
Two others who were seriously injured were transported by LAFD paramedics to a regional trauma center. Another two individuals sustained minor injuries; both declined an ambulance to take them to a hospital.