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Hit-and-run suspect's disgusting words after briefly returning to crash scene where boy, 16, lay dying

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Guzman, A. (2026, September 25). Hit-and-run suspect's disgusting words after briefly returning to crash scene where boy, 16, lay dying. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16160121/hit-run-los-angeles-suspect-words-scene-boy-dying.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-09-25 · by Alyssa Guzman

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A 16-year-old boy named Hernan Martinez was fatally hit by a blue sedan while walking with his sister and mother in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening. After the crash, the driver fled but returned briefly to take a baby from the car's backseat, according to witnesses. The suspect allegedly said he "didn't care" about the injured teenager when confronted by another witness. Hernan’s family has set up a GoFundMe campaign which had raised over $11,000 as of Friday afternoon for funeral expenses and other costs resulting from his death.
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Story summary

In Los Angeles, a hit-and-run incident occurred on Tuesday when a blue sedan allegedly struck 16-year-old Hernan Martinez and his sister Vicky, 13, while they were walking with their mother to pick up a prescription in the Hyde Park neighborhood. The driver and passenger fled but returned shortly after; one of them reportedly said he “didn’t care” about the accident when confronted by witness Jerome Alexander, who had come out to help after hearing a loud bang. Surveillance footage captured the vehicle speeding down West 60th Street moments before the crash, which left damage in the car’s front window and airbags deployed. Hernan Martinez later died from his injuries, leaving his family devastated. His brother Eliseo expressed the pain of losing him unexpectedly.

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Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
24%
5 of 21 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
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Alyssa Guzman
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ABC 7 Daily Mail Hyde Park Los Angeles The Daily Mail

Subjects

ABC 7 ORG · 3× Alexander PERSON · 3× Vicky PERSON · 3× Eliseo Martinez Hernandez PERSON · 2× Hernan Martinez PERSON · 2× Los Angeles GPE · 2× Martinez PERSON · 2× Daily Mail ORG · 1× Hyde Park GPE · 1× Jerome Alexander PERSON · 1×

Narrative

She has not been told that her brother is dead, family said 'Losing him so unexpectedly has left a pain in our family that is difficult to put into words,' his brother Eliseo Martinez Hernandez said 'Losing him so unexpectedly has left a pain in our family that is difficult to put into words,' he wrote.
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Claims (21 extracted, 5 hedged)

A hit-and-run suspect said he 'didn't care' after he allegedly fatally hit a 16-year-old boy and injured his sister in Los Angeles. uncertain
he → say → Angeles
Hernan Martinez, 16, was walking with his mom and sister, Vicky, 13, to pick up a prescription when the siblings were struck by a blue sedan allegedly speeding down West 60th Street in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Los Angeles on Tuesday. uncertain
siblings → walk → Tuesday
The driver and the passenger fled the scene on foot, but moments later a man returned to the scene to allegedly grab a baby out of the backseat of the car, witness Jerome Alexander told ABC 7. 'A guy came back, opened the back door, moved the airbags out the way, a lot of smoke coming out the car and he grabbed the baby out the backseat and left with the baby,' he said. uncertain
he → flee → baby
I said: "Stop touching the car, they just killed somebody's kid," and he said: "I don't care about that." asserted
I → say → that
Alexander came outside to help after hearing a 'loud bang.' Surveillance footage showed the sedan speeding down the block, and the crash left a large hole in the front window. asserted
crash → come → window
Alexander arrived on the scene to find the mother and daughter on the ground near the sedan. asserted
Alexander → arrive → sedan
Hernan Martinez, 16, was allegedly hit by a blue sedan on Tuesday evening while he, his sister Vicky, and their mother were walking to get a prescription Martinez was allegedly found on top of the car. uncertain
Martinez → hit → car
The driver and passenger allegedly ran from the scene, only for the man to return to get a baby out of a backseat, a witness said ' uncertain
witness → run → backseat
At first, she wasn't conscious, and then her mom started talking to her, and her eyes popped open,' he said. asserted
he → start → her
The boy was yards away on top of a vehicle that struck him, Alexander said. asserted
Alexander → strike → him
'Me and the mom saw him roll off the car and we took off running down there,' he said. asserted
he → see → car
'The mom tried to grab him, and I tell her: "No, don't move him real fast." asserted
I → try → him
' Vicky was taken to the hospital and was not told her brother had died, ABC 7 reported. asserted
ABC → take → hospital
'She still doesn't know... asserted
She → know → ?
We told her that he's at another hospital right now,' Eliseo Martinez Hernandez, the boy's brother, told ABC 7. asserted
Hernandez → tell → ABC
No one has been arrested for the hit-and-run. asserted
one → arrest → hit
Martinez Hernandez started a GoFundMe for his brother to help the family in the aftermath of the boy's death. asserted
brother → start → death
The car's windshield was shattered after the impact The air bags also deployed after the car hit another vehicle People were seen hugging on the scene as police worked Martinez's sister was injured and taken to the hospital. asserted
sister → shatter → hospital
She has not been told that her brother is dead, family said 'Losing him so unexpectedly has left a pain in our family that is difficult to put into words,' his brother Eliseo Martinez Hernandez said 'Losing him so unexpectedly has left a pain in our family that is difficult to put into words,' he wrote. asserted
he → tell → words
The fundraiser has garnered more than $11,000 as of Friday afternoon. asserted
fundraiser → garner → afternoon
The Daily Mail has reached out to the police and family for comment. asserted
Mail → reach → comment
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