(L.A.) Maura Cohen, 61, Died in Santa Monica

Case Number: 2025-16722

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 61-year-old White/Caucasian female that occurred on a sidewalk in Santa Monica.

The coroner’s office identified the woman as Maura Cohen.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Blunt-Force Traumatic Injuries

RIP MAURA COHEN ( October 24, 2025)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Friday.

The decedent was one of two killed in a hit-and-run accident. The other was Brad Lipshy, also 61.

Santa Monica police are looking for the driver of an orange-colored Dodge Charger that crashed into a group of people on a sidewalk Friday night, killing two and injuring two more.

Video has come out of the suspect fleeing the scene.

The car had been traveling the wrong way along Wilshire Boulevard before veering onto the sidewalk.