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Macaulay Culkin’s older sister Dakota has been killed after she stepped in front of a car in west Los Angeles.

A spokesman for the LAPD confirmed Dakota Culkin died yesterday in hospital after suffering massive head injuries in the accident on Tuesday night.

‘She was taken to UCLA hospital with massive head trauma and passed away on Dec. 10th at 12:45 PM,’ the LAPD said in a statement.

‘The driver stopped, rendered aid, and identified himself as required by law. Detectives have determined that the driver was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol, so no crime was committed.’

In a statement to reporters, Macaulay Culkin’s spokeswoman, Michelle Bega, called Dakota’s death a ‘terrible tragic accident’ and said the family had no further comment.

The tragedy comes eight years after the actor’s half sister, Jennifer Adamson, died from a drug overdose.

Dakota was hit outside an Irish bar on Lincoln Boulevard, it was reported.

French said there was no active criminal investigation into Dakota’s death. He said the driver stopped and tried to help the 29-year-old.

Officers determined the motorist was not driving drunk and had followed all laws.

Macaulay Culkin, 28, is best known as the star of the 1990s ‘Home Alone’ movies.

He was the decade’s biggest child star, commanding £4 million a film by the time he starred in 1994’s ‘Richie Rich.’

But Culkin’s career came to a sudden halt when his parents, Kit (who was also his manager) and Patricia, began fighting over control of his personal fortune.

By the mid-1990s Culkin was estimated to be worth between £9 million and £25 million.

His fortune quickly drained away, mostly on lawyers fees. Culkin handed over control of his assets to his accountant and by 1997.

Kit gave up the fight after Manhattan Supreme Court Justice David Saxe said the ‘Home Alone’ star and his actor siblings insisted they would ‘not work with Mr. Culkin’ .

The child star’s legal troubles ended, and so did the spate of bad press surrounding his family.

But it picked up again in 1998, when a fire in Patricia Culkin’s New York apartment resulted in the deaths of four people in the building.

By the end of the ’90s, Macaulay was broke. He faded from Hollywood and has since kept a low profile, save publishing a semi-autobiographical novel, ‘Junior,’ in 2006.

He’s due to star in the upcoming NBC drama ‘Kings.’

Five of Macaulay’s siblings – Shane, Kieran, Quinn, Christian and Rory – also tried their hands in Hollywood – Dakota was the sole Culkin kid who stayed out of the spotlight.

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