Crime & Safety
Recognize This Hit & Run Driver?
A bystanders captured video of a driver who struck a pedestrian and fled without stopping to render aid.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Police Tuesday released images of a vehicle and driver involved in a hit-and-run collision that severely injured a pedestrian in Los Feliz.
The victim was struck by a dark blue Honda Accord about 11:25 p.m. on May 19 while crossing Hollywood Boulevard just east of Vermont Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
"The driver fled the scene without rendering aid and identifying herself," according to an LAPD statement.
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Firefighters took the victim, who suffered severe injuries, to a hospital, police said.
The suspect is described as white, at least 30 years old, 5 feet 2 inches to 5 feet 4 inches tall, 130-140 pounds with dark hair and brown eyes.
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Anyone with information about the collision or the driver was urged to call Detective Moses Castillo of the LAPD's Central Traffic Division at 213- 833-3713 or email him at 30215@lapd.online.
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