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UPDATE: Macaulay Culkin's Older Sister Killed
Thursday December 11, 2008

Macaulay Culkin and Dakota

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Macaulay Culkin's older sister Dakota has died.

According to TMZ.com, she passed away Wednesday after she was hit by a car in West Los Angeles.

Dakota, 29 -- who recently worked as an art production assistant on the 2009 thriller Lost Soul -- was walking Tuesday when she stepped off a curb and was struck, the Web site reports. She was then taken to UCLA Medical Center after suffering massive head trauma.

"We can officially confirm that the victim is Dakota Culkin," the actor's rep tells Usmagazine.com. "This is a terrible tragic accident. We have no further comment at this time."

The Los Angeles Police Department is currently investigating, according to TMZ. No arrests have been made.

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