Community Update

Scene of an accident last night in which a pedestrian was killed by a car in a crosswalk at Santa Monica Boulevard at Hancock. (Photo courtesy of Sergio Davila)

Clinton Bounds, 62, a longtime resident of West Hollywood, died after being hit by a car around 11 p.m. last night in a crosswalk in the 8700 block of Santa Monica Boulevard near Hancock.

Clinton Bounds

Traffic Services officers in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are investigating the accident. As of 9:20 a.m. today, no charges had been filed.

Bounds, a native of San Antonio, Texas, retired from the LA County Registrar’s Office in 2008. He was a frequent patron of the gay bars on the west side of Santa Monica Boulevard and was known as a regular at Mickys, Revolver and Trunks. His Facebook page notes that he was at Mickys last night before the accident. Bounds was popular with the much younger nightlife crowd. HisFacebook page contains photos of hundreds of friends, including various gay bar managers and promoters and go go dancers.

Last night’s accident is the second involving a pedestrian in a crosswalk this year. A 59-year-old man was hit in the crosswalk on Santa Monica Boulevard at Westmount on June 28. That pedestrian was flung into the air and landed on the car’s windshield. He was taken to the hospital and survived.