Driver in Fatal Crash Dies
A driver who ran a red light and broadsided another car, killing a Rolling Hills cheerleader and critically injuring three others, has died.
Teri Lynn Kaufman, 38, of Lomita was placed on life-support systems after the Friday night crash, but later was removed from the machines and died 8:30 a.m. Sunday, said a spokesman at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.
Police said Kaufman’s car broadsided one driven by Kathryn Kelly, 18, of Rolling Hills Estates as Kelly drove northbound on Normandie Avenue at 190th Street.
Kelly, a cheerleader at Bishop Montgomery High School in Torrance, died at the scene of the accident. Two other school cheerleaders, 17-year-old Lisa Marie Dukes of Torrance and 16-year-old Paola Novoa of Hawthorne, were injured in the crash. A drill team member, Jodi Ichiyama, 17, of Torrance, also was injured.
On Wednesday, Dukes was in stable condition in the intensive-care unit of Torrance Memorial Hospital. Officials at Martin Luther King Jr.-Drew Medical Center said Novoa is in stable condition. Ichiyama was in critical but stable condition at Harbor-UCLA.
More to Read
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
