Identified driver suspected of having a DUI in RV crash that killed a 9-year-old boy in LA

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The driver of the RV who attacked and killed a 9-year-old boy in Koreatown on Thursday night was arrested on suspicion of DUI, police confirmed Friday. Crush also left the boy’s 19-year-old brother in the hospital.

Police say the brothers were on an e-scooter near the intersection of South New Hampshire Avenue and 4th Avenue when the RV turned, when they hit both before 9:30pm

Nadir Gavareta, the youngest brother, was declared dead at the scene. His brother was taken to hospital and listed in stable condition.

The driver, identified as 46-year-old Jimmy Pittman, was seen undergoing a pig rezyser test shortly after the crash. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department told KTLA that Pittman had been booked on charges of DUI.

Witnesses said the RV was “flying” down the street seconds before the collision.

“I was crossing and he was flying. I was like, ‘I’m going to be late before you kill someone.’ And he was like “you.” …He almost ran me, you said I came out halfway straight away.

Police were seen handcuffing him in a fatal crash in a deadly crash near Koreatown, LA on July 31, 2025, and conducting a patrol vehicle before handcuffing him and getting him on the suspect’s patrol. A child was killed and a 19-year-old victim was hospitalized after an RV driver attacked them on July 31, 2025, after which an RV driver attacked them in the Koreatown area of LA. (RMG) A 9 year old child is killed and he is putting on his putt as RV drivers attacked them on July 31, 2025 after RV drivers attacked them in the Koreatown district of LA. Vehicle after a fatal crash in Los Angeles’ Koreatown area on July 31, 2025. (RMG) A 9-year-old child died and a 19-year-old victim was hospitalized after an RV driver attacked them in the Koreatown area of LA on July 31, 2025.

It was unclear if Pittman lives from an RV, but a woman living in the area said she was worried about the number of RVs in the area.

“You have to do something with these RVs. So to drive drunks… that’s someone’s kid,” Yvette Rayleigh said.