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Topics: Caitlyn Jenner, Celebrity, US News, News
Lucy Devine
Topics: Caitlyn Jenner, Celebrity, US News, News
More details have emerged after Caitlyn Jenner's manager, Sophia Hutchins, died after falling down a ravine.
On Wednesday (July 2), Hutchins plummeted down a 350-foot ravine in Los Angeles after her quad struck the back of a moving car, according to TMZ, which first published the news of the entrepreneur’s death.
Citing police and family sources, the publication claims the businesswoman was riding an ATV near 75-year-old Jenner’s Malibu home, when the tragedy occurred.
Sadly, Hutchins was declared dead at the scene.
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Following the devastating news, police have revealed more details regarding the crash.
Sergeant Eduardo Saucedo of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department explained that there are early indications that Hutchins could have rear-ended a car after traveling at high speed.
"It 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," he told the DailyMail.com.
"It doesn't seem like she was following them. I think she just she came up on them and then hit the car.
"So it looked like she tried to maneuver 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."
It is reported that two women traveling in the other car are unharmed.
According to the Daily Mail, Jenner explained she was going through 'tough times' following the loss of Hutchins, and spent the July 4th holiday in mourning.
Hutchins, a Pepperdine University alumna, was the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of the health and technology company LUMASOL.
She also once held the position of CEO of the Caitlyn Jenner Foundation.
Founded in 2017, the foundation promotes LGBTQ+ equality and ‘combats discrimination by providing grants to organizations that empower and improve the lives of transgender people’.
Jenner previously described Hutchins as her 'best friend'.
Meanwhile, Hutchins has also previously spoken about their friendship, telling The Hidden Truth with Jim Breslo podcast: “We have so much in common; we see the world so similarly and we both are such a good match for each other because we challenge each other.
“She challenges me in so many ways, has allowed me to grow in so many ways and I hope I challenge her to grow and I think because we share so many of the same passions and views, it’s just a great match, a great partnership.”