Costa Mesa Police Searching For Fatal Hit-And-Run Driver

COSTA MESA, CA — Police are looking for the driver of a car involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision that killed a 64-year-old woman in Costa Mesa Wednesday evening.

Witnesses described the car in the collision as a possibly silver-colored Toyota sedan with damage to its front end and windshield, the Costa Mesa Police Department said.

The collision happened around 9 p.m. Wednesday, on Fairview Road south of Baker Street.

The woman, identified as Linda Lefler, was attempting to cross the street and was struck by a car that fled from the area, Costa Mesa police said. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said Lefler was not in a marked crosswalk at the time of the collision.

Anyone with information on the collision or security camera footage of the area can contact Costa Mesa Police Traffic Investigator Luis Gomez at 714-754-5264.