Dakota Culkin, Macaulay's Sister, Dies (PHOTOS)

UPDATED
TMZ broke news that Macaulay Culkin's sister Dakota Culkin died yesterday after being struck by a car.

Law enforcement sources tell us Dakota Culkin was walking on the west side of Los Angeles Tuesday when she stepped off a curb and was struck by a car. The 29-year-old Culkin was taken to the UCLA Medical Center where she died of her injuries yesterday afternoon.

More on Dakota Culkin from the AP:

.Police spokesman Richard French says Dakota Culkin was struck Tuesday night after she stepped into the street. She died a day later at a Los Angeles hospital after suffering massive head injuries.

French says there is no active criminal investigation.

Police say the driver stopped and tried to help the 29-year-old. Officers determined the motorist wasn't driving drunk and followed all laws.

An official statement from Macaulay's rep. "We can officially confirm that the victim is Dakota Culkin. This is a terrible tragic accident. We have no further comment at this time."


Dakota is the elder of two Culkin daughters:

Dakota Culkin, far right:

TMZ has photos of the Dakota Culkin accident scene

Comments

[curly2]

Why are comments enabled for this? I thought the Huffington policy was no comments when the story's about someone's death.

[Veman24]

My Prayers go out to the Culkin family. I know what it feels like to lose a family in a traffic accident. I lost my sister June 18, 2007, a beautiful angel with a heart of gold and only 17 years old.

[rabid79]

What a tragedy.. It seems 2008 is a bad year for celebrity families.
My sincere condolences for the Culkin family.

[williams411]

What is it with people and the picture of macaulay? Yeah, its a bad pic of him...but, jesus christ...get over it. This isn't a time to be nit picking about a goddamn picture. A tragic accident happened and all you can think about is a picture?

[janmarbol]

RIP - My heartfelt sympathies to the Culken Family

[Mildmannered]

My heart goes out to them.

[Palemoon]

Such a terrible tragedy. It's one thing to lose a loved one knowing that they will eventually die from something like cancer or heart problems, etc. But I can't imagine what it would be like to lose a sibling so unexpectedly like this. Someone still so young, just snatched away in the night. Obviously, it must be shocking, horrific and extreme grief that the family is dealing with. Every parents worst nightmare come true.

My heart goes out to them.

[enuffwiththehuff]

Just jumped on the site because I was doing a search for the Culkin family and this site was at the top. A couple simple comments to this story and I see why, and I think's an absolute pathetic shame.

First thing I noticed is they made Macaulay look drugged out. Bypassed that to get to the story (if you call this a story... very poorly written). I noticed HRpuffnhuff's comment. Right on there pnh, it does look like that creep Spitzer. Why? Oh yeah, to keep up the hype that he'll forever be "Kevin gone amuck."

For anyone who say's an objective observer is looking too deep by commenting on Macaulay's pic, I ask you, "why is his pic heading this story?" I came to see Dakota. They scrible crayon on a pic from 20 years ago and note that tha's Dakota? What a fricken joke.

I'll never waste my time on this site again. I pray for the Culkin family and those who hold the same sympathy for them. Especially, coming this close to Christmas. This site left me with a bad taste tonight when I only wanted to share a good thought for a family who needs it at this trying time. The "writer" and editor of this article need to find different gig's. You both are talentless and tasteless.

[Mustang Sally]

OK then. Bye-bye.

[krabby]

Don't let the door hit you on your way out ok!

[jacko88]

Yeah, this tabloid crap is a bit much.

[Maezeppa]

He looks sad in the picture. If you want to infer he looks drugged, by my guest. The story may be "pooly written" and if so you should take up the complaint with the AP wire service, not Huffingtonpost.

ps: learn to use the apostrophy correctly. it's "gigs", not the possessive case "gig's".

[Matt7]

If you're going to be the "grammar police," you should be careful not to make any errors, yourself; e.g. "be" my guest. It's a little nit-picky, don'tcha think?

[bill76]

Re: the picture of McCauley at the top. I do agree its in bad taste. Par for the course at h u f f p o. I come here because they often have good stuff, but yeah, I can't count how many times I've seen a deceiving headline or something like this.

[goodog]

The Entertainment section of Huffpo doesn't know where to draw the line between titillating, lurid paparazzi tabloidism, which we can all appreciate, and finding the worst time to find the worst picture you can to grace the page of a tragic and personal story of an celebrity who apparently hasn't done anything to deserve it.

If you have some axe to grind with Culkin, even in a moment of shocking grief, you ought to at least justify it, instead of leaving yourself open to the pretty harsh judgment I'm making about you right now.

[screwedrus]

How indescribably sad for him and his family. Terrible to be struck down so early in life.

[HRpuffnhuff]

Macaulay looks like Elliot Spitzer! Run a Google Image search and find something more tasteful.

I implore you to please show Mac the same respect you have shown Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Hudson as he goes through this unimaginable tribulation.

[Pam4Waters]

I agree. Unless Macaulay ran her over, get a new picture. And as long as we are on the topic of pictures why do I have to look at a mostly naked Jennifer Aniston and nameless male model on every page of HuffPost? Going to another site now.

[unclesmedley]

Okay, bye now...

[goodog]

Because she's so hot she drives ad revenue through the roof.

There's just no getting around it.

Why ask why?

[jdlund]

Then go. Why do you think anyone cares about your meaningless value judgments? You don't 'have to' do anything. Just go to another site if the sight of the human body distresses you so. You may want to see a shrink, but that's another issue for another day. As far as the picture is concerned, he's the famous Caulkin, the one most people know and he just looks sad. Anything else is just people reading too much into it. What would you prefer a picture of her body post mortem? They have a couple pictures of her, maybe one of them should be a main pic, all in all not a big deal. Get over it and go read blogs about kittens or whatever.

[FaceYourFears]

I agree

[Bitsko]

"Dakota Culkin, Macaulay's Sister, Dies (PHOTOS)" Kind of a sick headline, no?

[goodog]

Now that you mention it.

[ZellaBee]

Why doesn't someone talk about her instead of her brother? She had a life, a history. Every article I've seen has a picture of MC and only talks about him. Weird!

[KatDawgATL]

My condolences to this family.

[EvangelicalEmpathy]

Oh so sad. Please watch out for walkers when you drive and watch out for drivers when you walk. Be your brother's keeper. I pray for the family.