Sophia Hutchins Killed in ATV Crash

INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 7-2-25 / 11:35am
LOCATION: Decker Canyon Rd
AREA/CITY: Malibu
DETAILS:

MALIBU – A 29-year-woman, who died after an all-terrain vehicle she was driving plunged over a cliff in Malibu was reportedly a friend of media personality Caitlyn Jenner, multiple media sources said today.
The entertainment publications Parade Magazine, Deadline and People identified the driver as Sophia Hutchins, 29, who both publications said was a longtime friend and manager to Jenner. According to Deadline, she was the former CEO and director of the Caitlyn Jenner Foundation and appeared on
Jenner’s reality show ”I Am Cait.”    Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station deputies responded at 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday to the 4300 block of Decker Edison Road, where they found a Polaris ATV vehicle that had plummeted off the roadway following a two-vehicle collision, authorities said.    The ATV reportedly careened over the cliff after it was rear-ended by another vehicle and landed on a road below. The driver, identified as Hutchins, was pronounced dead at the scene.    Video from the scene showed the overturned ATV at the base of the cliff, with several older, rusted-out vehicles also visible in the ravine, indicating possible previous incidents of cars falling or being dumped from the roadway above.

HANDLING AGENCIES: LACoFD and LASD

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