Man Charged In Hollywood Pedestrian Hit-And-Run Death

LOS ANGELES, CA — Criminal charges have been filed against a man arrested in the hit-and-run death of a woman in Hollywood.

Davontay Bernie Robins, 30, is set to be arraigned Tuesday in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

Robins is charged with one felony count each of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and hit-and-run driving resulting in death or serious injury to another person, along with one misdemeanor count of driving when privilege suspended or revoked for a driving under the influence conviction, according to the complaint filed Aug. 6.

The charges stem from the June 29 death of Erika Edwards, 36, of Van Nuys, who was struck by a dark-colored Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon traveling east on Sunset Boulevard as she crossed southbound on Sierra Bonita Avenue.

The driver did not stop to render aid and continued eastbound on Sunset toward southbound Gardner Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Police said then that detectives believed speed was a factor in the crash.

Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics pronounced Edwards dead at the scene, according to police.

Robins was arrested July 22 by the LAPD's West Traffic Division and was released on bond later that day, jail records show.

City News Service