Man violently assaulted by machete before being killed by 2 hit-and-run drivers in Orange County

Published
June 21, 2026
Outcome
Fatal
Location
Westminster, California
9200 block of Bolsa Avenue in the Little Saigon area
Incident type
Hit and run, Assault

Summary

Hit And Run Westminster California in Westminster, California: On June 14, Westminster police responded to a crash near the 9200 block of Bolsa Avenue in the Little Saigon area of Westminster, Orange County, California. Officers found a male victim unresponsive on the roadway; he was pronounced dead at the scene. Surveillance video showed the victim had been assaulted by several people with a machete just minutes before the deadly collision, and he ran into the roadway trying to escape. Both drivers who struck him fled the scene before police arrived; one was later found in Anaheim, while the second driver of a newer-model blue or black Toyota RAV4 SUV remains at large. Machete-wielding suspects were booked into Orange County Jail for attempted homicide, with the assault investigated as a separate case from the hit-and-run crashes.

Publicly reported parties

Name Role Status
Unknown hit-and-run drivers and machete-wielding assault suspects At-fault party

Original reporting

Man violently assaulted by machete before being killed by 2 hit-and-run drivers in Orange County

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