Pursuit Driver Crashes Into Home, Kills 86-Year-Old Woman

BALDWIN HILLS, CA — A driver lost control, crashing into a Baldwin Hills home and killing an 86-year-old woman, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

LAPD police officers from the Southeast division were pursuing the driver, who had rear-ended their black and white police vehicle at Hobart and Martin Luther King boulevards about 1:20 a.m. Saturday, police said.

The officers got out of the patrol car and started to approach the suspect's vehicle and the suspect drove off northbound on Western Avenue from Martin Luther King Boulevard.

"Officers initiated a pursuit for a reckless driver," police said. "During the pursuit, the suspect traveled westbound on 39th Street. As the suspect approached Buckingham Road, he attempted to negotiate a southbound turn, resulting in his vehicle running off the roadway and into the northeast corner of a residence."

The vehicle crashed into a bedroom of the residence, trapping two elderly victims under the vehicle.

Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded and pronounced 86-year-old Aida Villavicencio dead at the scene. A second male victim was transported to a local hospital with head trauma in critical condition.

Suspect Eliseo Ixchopcalel, 26, was taken into custody and taken to a hospital in stable condition.

He was booked on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter. His bail was set at $100,000. He was released on bond Saturday and Ixchopcalel's next court date is scheduled for October 27 at Los Angeles Municipal Court Division 30.

Anyone with additional information on the incident can contact 1-877-527-3247. Anyone who wants to remain anonymous can call the LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or go to www.lacrimestoppers.org.

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