Memorial Service Held For Alejandro Martinez, LASD Recruit Struck By Wrong-Way Driver In 2022

CBS Los Angeles

August 11, 2023

A memorial service was held Thursday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels for a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department recruit who was struck by a wrong-way vehicle while training with dozens of colleagues last year and died on July 28.

Alejandro Martinez, 27, died at UCLA Medical Center in Westwood after an eight-month battle with severe injuries, according to the sheriff's department.

Archbishop José H. Gomez presided over Thursday's service at the cathedral, where law enforcement personnel from multiple local, state and federal agencies paid last respects.

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