Hit-and-run driver kills unhoused man near downtown L.A.
A driver hit and killed a man early Saturday morning before driving off ahead of the responding officers’ arrival, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The collision took place around 12:54 a.m. in the area of 8th and Alvarado streets in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Westlake. Police said the victim, a 35-year-old man, was walking in a marked crosswalk when a driver going westbound on 8th hit him.
The man died at the scene. Police said he was a homeless person. His identity was not immediately made available.
According to police, the suspect immediately drove away from the area. No description of the suspect’s vehicle was released as the case remains under investigation.
Anyone with information on the case can call LAPD at 1-877-275-5273.
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