Mat George, co-host of the
She Rates Dogs podcast, has passed away after being involved in a hit-and-run incident in Los Angeles early Saturday morning, CBS Los Angeles reports. He was 26.
George was walking in an unmarked crosswalk in the neighborhood of Beverly Grove at about 2:20 a.m. when he was struck by a white BMW before driving away.
She Rates Dogs podcast co-host Michaela Okland confirmed his death via Twitter. “I would rather you guys here this from me than a news article. Mat was killed in a hit and run,” she wrote. “I don’t really have any other words right now. I wish I could contact everybody who knows him personally but the news is already out and I just can’t do it right now.”
By City News Service
Jul 18, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Fans are mourning the death of a popular podcast host who was killed by a vehicle driven by a hit-and-run driver near the Beverly Center.
Mat George, 26, co-hosted She Rates Dogs, which focused on relationship advice and dating stories. I would rather you guys (hear) this from me than a news article. Mat was killed in a hit and run last night, his co-host Michaela Okland tweeted. I don t really have any other words right now. I wish I could contact everybody who knows him personally but the news is already out and I just can t do it right now.
She Rates Dogs podcast co-host Mat George dies in Beverly Grove hit-and-run crash
By KJ Hiramoto article
LOS ANGELES - A popular podcast host was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Beverly Grove over the weekend.
The Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call of a crash involving a pedestrian near the intersection of Beverly Boulevard and Croft Avenue a little after 2:15 a.m. Saturday morning. According to LAPD, a white BMW hit a 26-year-old pedestrian who was walking across an unmarked crosswalk on Croft Avenue.
The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene and the BMW drove off after the crash, LAPD said.