More Deaths by Traffic Accidents Than Homicides in 2023: LAPD Chief

More Deaths by Traffic Accidents Than Homicides in 2023: LAPD Chief
Police cars block traffic at a crime scene in a file photo in Los Angeles. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images
Micaela Ricaforte
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The Los Angeles Police Department recorded more deaths by traffic accident than by murders last year, according to Chief Michel Moore.

“[In] 2023, [we] saw increases, year over year, and from years earlier, from traffic fatalities, particularly fatal hit and runs and fatal pedestrian and bicycle collisions,” Mr. Moore said Jan. 9.

Micaela Ricaforte
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Micaela Ricaforte covers education in Southern California for The Epoch Times. In addition to writing, she is passionate about music, books, and coffee.
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