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Car Crash California Today in California: On June 23, 2025, LAPD Sergeant Shiou Deng, a 26-year veteran, stopped his patrol car on the southbound 405 freeway near the Getty Center to help Jesús Garcia, 34, who had been struck in a hit-and-run. As Deng and Garcia stood near the vehicles in the HOV lane, a Nissan driven by Mario Bickham, 36, of Hawthorne, traveling at 112.5 mph, struck them and killed both men. Bickham was charged with two counts of second-degree murder, with prosecutors noting he had prior excessive-speed citations, including one for over 105 mph a month earlier. Drugs and alcohol were not factors in the crash.