A woman accused of speeding through a stop sign at more than 80 mph and killing a 16-year-old boy in Hyde Park has been arrested more than a month after the crash, police say. Raygine Glentasia Evans, 28, was taken into custody around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Los Angeles and booked on murder charges in connection with the Sept. 22 hit-and-run that left Hernan Martinez dead and his younger sister critically injured.
According to CBS News Los Angeles, police say Evans was driving a blue 2025 Nissan Sentra when she blew through the intersection's stop sign at over 80 mph and struck the siblings. As reported by NBC Los Angeles, the crash happened just after 9:30 p.m. as the driver headed eastbound on 60th Street near 10th Avenue, striking the two pedestrians. Martinez died at the scene, while his sister was rushed to the hospital.
Per the same account, Evans and a passenger ran from the scene on foot immediately after the collision, leaving the teens behind. Police have said the siblings and their mother were walking through an unmarked crosswalk at the time, though a stop sign was posted at that location. FOX 11 Los Angeles reported the arrest Wednesday, noting the crash occurred last month in South LA.
Conflicting Reports on Sister's Age
Accounts differ on the exact age of Martinez's sister, who survived the crash. NBC Los Angeles reported she is 14 years old and was hospitalized with severe injuries, while ABC7 identified her as 13-year-old Vicky Martinez, taken to a hospital for treatment. The discrepancy has not been resolved publicly.
Evans was booked for murder, grand theft and shoplifting with two or more priors, and held in lieu of $3.2 million bail, the station's report states. Detectives also said Evans was wanted in connection with a string of robberies across Los Angeles County, including 10 that fell within LAPD's jurisdiction.
A Neighborhood That Had Already Flagged the Danger
Residents near the intersection say the crash wasn't a surprise. According to the Los Angeles Times, neighbors said speeding and crashes had long been a problem at that stretch of road, and they had previously complained to police and City Hall, calling for speed bumps to slow traffic down.
The case also lands amid broader citywide patterns around hit-and-run enforcement. Of more than 7,500 injury-related hit-and-run crashes recorded annually in Los Angeles in 2022, 2023 and 2024, roughly 1% led to an arrest, according to data reported by NBC Los Angeles. The same report found that as of mid-March 2025, the city had recorded 18 deadly hit-and-runs since the start of that year, a 28% drop from the same period the year before, with hit-and-runs involving serious injuries or fatalities down 13% and overall traffic fatalities down nearly 40% during the early months of 2025, per LAPD figures cited in that report.
Hernan Martinez is being remembered by those who knew him. The LA Local reported that he was remembered as a crocheter who loved baking, and noted that 290 people were killed in traffic collisions across Los Angeles last year, including 150 pedestrians.
