Crime & Safety

Hit-And-Run Vehicle Kills Man Riding Scooter In South LA

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

LOS ANGELES, CA — A hit-and-run vehicle fatally struck a 60-year-old man riding a scooter in South Los Angeles Sunday morning, authorities said.

The crash occurred at about 1 a.m. in the 100 block of East Manchester Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Division.

A vehicle going westbound on Manchester struck the scooter, which was going in the same direction, police said.

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The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. No vehicle description was immediately available.

— City News Service

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