Crime & Safety

Teen Bicyclist Killed By Stolen Car

Police are looking for the driver, who fled the scene Sunday night.

A 16-year-old boy was struck and killed in Palms by a stolen vehicle whose driver fled the scene, police said Tuesday.

The victim was struck in the 9900 block of Venice Boulevard around 8:45 p.m. Sunday, Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Joseph Sanchez said.

The stolen vehicle was a burgundy 2001 Buick LeSabre, with California license plates, number 7KWC773. The vehicle had a bicycle rack attached to it, Sanchez said.

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The vehicle was reported stolen earlier this month, Sanchez said.

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