UPDATED OCT 25 6:08PM | The deceased woman in last night’s vehicle-versus-pedestrian fatality has been identified as 72 year-old Nahid Hamidi Keegan of Long Beach. She was attempting to cross Lakewood Blvd. just north of the Traffic Circle in an area that is not designated for pedestrian traffic, police say, when she was struck by a 2011 Jeep Liberty traveling northbound on Lakewood Blvd.
She was transported to a hospital and was pronounced dead a short time later.
ORIGINAL OCT 25 10:32AM | Police have confirmed that on Wednesday night at around 6:45PM, a traffic fatality involving a female pedestrian occurred on Lakewood Blvd. near the Traffic Circle.
“I will have additional details a little later this morning,” said Lisa Massacani of the Long Beach Police Department.
We will update this story as more information is received.