Long Beach police officers arrived at the scene, where they located a female toddler, a female child, and a woman with injuries after they were struck by a vehicle. Preliminary reports indicate that the driver of a white SUV was trying to reverse when car jumped the curb and hit the three pedestrians who were sitting on a porch.
Long Beach, CA – Authorities have released the identity of a toddler who died after a vehicle attempting to back up in front of a home in Long Beach struck pedestrians on Monday morning.
According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office, Myrah Hunter, 1, died in the crash that was reported about 11:30 a.m., March 2, in the 400 block of Maine Avenue.
Long Beach police officers arrived at the scene, where they located a female toddler, a female child, and a woman with injuries after they were struck by a vehicle. Preliminary reports indicate that the driver of a white SUV was trying to reverse when car jumped the curb and hit the three pedestrians who were sitting on a porch.
The officers rushed the toddler to the hospital while attempting life-saving measures, but she succumbed to her injuries. She has since been identified as Myrah.
The Long Beach Fire Department personnel also responded and transported the second girl and the woman to the hospital. The two were reportedly in stable condition.
The SUV driver stayed at the scene and was questioned by the investigators. It was unclear whether alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash and no arrests were made at the scene.
Long Beach police officers are still working to ascertain the cause of the accident and anyone with any information on the incident is urged to reach out to the department.
Long Beach is currently ranked as the 8th deadliest city in California for total crashes on both surface streets and freeways. In its California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) peer group (Group A: cities with populations over 250,000), Long Beach historically struggles with high victim counts, recently recording 53 fatal traffic collisions in 2025—the highest in over a decade.
According to OTS metrics, the city faces significant challenges with pedestrian (rank 11/15) and bicycle (rank 7/15) safety, where lower rankings indicate greater danger. Vulnerable road users are particularly at risk, with 32 fatalities involving non-motorists in 2025 alone.
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