The pregnant mother whose unborn child also died after she was struck while biking with her family has been identified as a senior executive at Google, as her husband speaks publicly following the tragedy this weekend.
Regan Cole-Graham was seven months pregnant with a baby girl when she was fatally hit by an elderly driver Saturday evening in Los Angeles’ Playa del Rey neighborhood, just a short distance from the family’s home, according to police.
The 36-year-old mother was rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors delivered her premature baby. Cole-Graham later died from her injuries. The baby girl was treated in the neonatal intensive care unit but survived only a short time before also passing away, family members said Monday.
Regan Cole-Graham, pictured left, died after she was struck by a car Saturday evening.
Her husband, Matt Graham, told the Post on Tuesday that Cole-Graham was an “amazing wife” and “the world’s best mother.”
Cole-Graham’s baby survived for a brief time in the neonatal intensive care unit before also dying.
Cole-Graham had worked for Google in Los Angeles since 2019, serving as Consumer Marketing Lead and later as Brand Partnerships Lead, where she helped orchestrate a multimillion-dollar partnership with Live Nation, among other deals, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Previously, she worked as a senior product marketing manager at AT&T and as a marketing manager at DirecTV. Her father, an executive at DirecTV, helped her secure her first job after she graduated from San Diego State University, the family’s attorney said.
Cole-Graham was riding an electric bike with her husband, Matt Graham, and their two sons, ages 3 and 18 months, on Saturday evening when an elderly driver traveling in the same direction struck her and the 3-year-old at the intersection of Pershing Drive and Manchester Avenue.
The driver remained at the scene, and alcohol and drugs were not factors, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The child suffered minor injuries and was hospitalized in stable condition. No arrests have been made.
“This case represents one of the most profound losses imaginable. It’s hard for me to even wrap my head around it,” the family’s attorney, Brian Breiter, told the Post on Tuesday.
Graham described his wife as “the world’s best mother.”
“This is the hardest time anyone could imagine, and I just want them to be together,” Breiter said. “Imagine a 3-year-old boy and an 18-month-old child witnessing that. And then, of course, their unborn sister, who survived in the NICU but unfortunately didn’t make it.”
Breiter said he has reviewed disturbing video footage of the crash, which remains under investigation by authorities. He added that the driver’s age raises difficult questions, saying that “at some point it’s time to take the keys away” from some people.
A GoFundMe campaign for the family has raised more than $170,000. Donations surged after independent journalist Chris Cillizza shared on social media that he was a college friend of Graham.
Heartbreaking photos posted on the fundraiser’s page show the couple smiling with their two young sons on a beach at sunset, with Cole-Graham’s pregnant belly visible.
