{"id":1216,"date":"2025-07-06T15:23:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T15:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/?p=1216"},"modified":"2025-07-07T12:29:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T12:29:39","slug":"new-details-emerge-after-caitlyn-jenners-best-friend-sophia-hutchins-fatal-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/06\/new-details-emerge-after-caitlyn-jenners-best-friend-sophia-hutchins-fatal-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"New details emerge after Caitlyn Jenner\u2019s best friend Sophia Hutchins\u2019 fatal crash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sophia Hutchins died in a car crash near Caitlyn Jenner’s home (Picture: Agency\/NurPhoto\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Speeding was reportedly a factor in the death of Sophia Hutchins, <\/a>according to new details about the shock car crash.<\/p>\n

Hutchins, who was the best friend of Caitlyn Jenner<\/a>, died in an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) accident on Wednesday, July 2, at the age of 29.<\/p>\n

She collided with another car on a road near the former Kardashians star’s home, causing her to fall into a \u2018350 feet ravine\u2019, US<\/a> outlets reported at the time.<\/p>\n

New details have now emerged from the Daily Mail<\/a>, with officers claiming Hutchins was speeding at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n

\u2018It looks like she may have been speeding and rear-ended the other car, the other party, and then that caused her to veer to the right and go off the cliff,\u2019 Sergeant Eduardo Saucedo told the outlet.<\/p>\n

\u2018It doesn’t seem like she was following them. I think she just she came up on them and then hit the car,’ the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department sergeant stated.<\/p>\n

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She was just 29 when she died after hitting another car and falling into a ravine (Picture: Joe Scarnici\/Getty Images for Annenberg Foundation)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The two women in the grey Mazda, which Hutchins reportedly tried to manoeuvre around, were uninjured. One was reportedly a real estate agent showing homes in the local area.<\/p>\n

Sgt. Saucedo added: ‘So it looked like she tried to manoeuvre to go around it, but she was going too fast and just ended up clipping the rear end of that Mazda, causing her to veer off and go off the cliff there.’<\/p>\n

Jenner allegedly came down to the scene, which occurred at 11.30am, a quarter of a mile south of her home on Decker Edison Road.<\/p>\n

The I Am Cait star, who recently returned from Israel,<\/a> is ‘numb with shock’ according to an insider who spoke to RadarOnline.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘She is absolutely devastated and can\u2019t believe what\u2019s happened. Sophia was a big part of her life.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Jenner is said to be ‘absolutely devastated’ by the loss (Picture: Agency\/NurPhoto\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jenner spent the Fourth of July holiday weekend away from the public eye, only leaving her home for a solo coffee run. <\/p>\n

She has not given a public statement, beyond telling the Daily Mail she is struggling through ‘tough times’ surrounding the loss.<\/p>\n

This isn’t the first time Jenner’s life has been impacted by a fatal car crash, as she previously rear-ended another car while driving her Cadillac Escalade.<\/p>\n

In 2015, the I’m A Celebrity<\/a> star was towing a trailer when traffic ahead of her slowed rapidly, resulting in her hitting a Lexus in a four-car crash.<\/p>\n

Kimberly Howe, 70,\u00a0died at the scene but prosecutors for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office did not press charges for vehicular manslaughter.<\/p>\n

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