On Tuesday, the coroner’s office identified 52-year-old Pierrette Denise Gill who lost her life in a fatal pedestrian accident in Long Beach.
Pierrette Denise Gill was hit at around 9:15 p.m. last Wednesday at Artesia Boulevard and Orange Avenue and she succumbed to her injuries at a hospital, as per the Long Beach Police Department. Police had sought for the public’s help to recognize the woman, and a coroner’s investigator said Gill’s city of residence was not known.
Gill was struck while she was crossing Artesia Boulevard northbound near a crosswalk on the west side of the intersection. As per a police statement, she “was crossing against a red signal and upraised red hand indicating, “Don’t Walk.”
A 1997 BMW 528i that was westbound on Artesia fatally struck her. The driver, a 29-year-old Long Beach man, stayed at the scene and cooperated with authorities, police said. His name was not revealed.
“Alcohol, drugs and distracted driving did not seem to have played a part in the collision for the driver,” police mentioned shortly afterward. “The driver had a valid license.”
An investigation is ongoing at this time.
June 2, 2021
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