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Car Crash California Today in California: On June 23, 2025, LAPD Sergeant Shiou Deng, a 26-year veteran, stopped to help motorist Jesús Garcia, 34, who had been struck by a hit-and-run driver on the southbound 405 freeway near the Getty Center. While Deng and Garcia were at the scene with emergency lights activated, a Nissan driven by Mario Bickham, 36, of Hawthorne, traveling at 112.5 mph, struck them and their vehicles, killing both men. On June 29, 2026, prosecutors announced Bickham was charged with two counts of second-degree murder; drugs and alcohol were not factors in the crash.