Authorities today sought the public's help to find the hit-and-run motorist responsible for badly injuring a woman as she crossed a downtown Los Angeles street while carrying her dog and to find the missing animal.
After a woman in downtown Los Angeles was run over by a vehicle, she asked the driver if he was leaving, “I sure am,” he told her. Now, the Los Angeles Police Department is asking for the public's help locating the callous hit-and-run driver.
Video courtesy LAPD Central Traffici Division
East Hollywood - Police are asking the public to help identify the driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian this weekend.
The victim was standing next to parked cars on Melrose Avenue near Edgemont Street on Saturday, May 8 at about 5:30 am when he was hit by a car, according to the LAPD Central Traffic Division.
The pedestrian, identified as 32-year-old Si Park, was thrown into a parked vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.Â
The suspect s vehicle, which was a black, 2- or 4-door sedan with tinted windows, continued eastbound on Melrose before turning south on Vermont Avenue, according to the LAPD.Â