VALLEY VILLAGE (CNS) - A memorial service was being planned today for a 41-year-old off-duty female sheriff's detective who was fatally struck by a vehicle in Valley Village while trying to help an older woman across the street, the Los Angeles County sheriff said.
The crash that took the life of Deputy Amber Leist occurred about 11:05 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Whitsett Avenue and Riverside Drive, according to Los Angeles police and the sheriff's department.
Villanueva said that personnel at West Hollywood station were replaced today by personnel from other locations so that the West Hollywood personnel had a chance to grieve their loss. The department also assigned a psychologist to the station, he added.
Leist was transported to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead, the LAPD said.
Sheriff's deputies and representatives of other law enforcement agencies escorted Leist's body from Cedars Sinai Hospital to the coroner's office Sunday evening, sheriff's officials said.
She was struck while "assisting a civilian," the sheriff said. He described that civilian as an elderly person who had fallen down while crossing a street.
The driver who hit the deputy stayed at the scene to render help, the LAPD said.