(L.A.) Micaela Balderas, 57, Innocent Victim in Police Chase

Case Number: 2023-01444

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 57-year-old Latin American female that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the woman as Micaela Balderas.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Blunt Force Trauma

RIP MICAELA BALDERAS (September 28, 1965 – February 5, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Sunday at 3:21 a.m.

The decedent was one of three fatalities in an early Sunday morning crash involving a driver who was fleeing from police after a possible catalytic converter theft.

Micaela’s husband Flavio died on the scene of the accident, while she was transported to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The couple had attended a quinceañera celebration and were heading home when the crash happened.

The incident started in South Gate and ended in a two-vehicle crash around 2 a.m. at State Street and Tweedy Boulevard in Lynwood.

The third victim was identified as James Griffin, 20, supposedly a passenger in the car that the police were chasing.

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