Authorities Tuesday released security video of a car driven by a hit-and-run motorist responsible for fatally injuring a woman who was walking her grandchildren home from school in La Mirada last month.
Maria Chavarria, 68, died at a hospital after being struck from behind about 1:15 p.m. Feb. 20 in the 14800 block of Escalona Road.
Chavarria’s grandchildren, a boy and girl who attend nearby Escalona Elementary School, were also injured but survived. The family lives near the site where the woman was killed.
A $5,000 reward was offered by the city of La Mirada for help in solving the case.
“We need justice for my mom,” Jeannette Chavarria said at a news conference Tuesday morning at the sheriff’s Norwalk Station. “What this person has done is heartless and it’s inhumane … we have to wake up every single day and try to live life.”
The hit-and-run vehicle was described as a 2015-17 dark gray Toyota Camry. No description was released of the motorist.
Anyone with information on the case was urged to call the Sheriff’s Norwalk Station at (562) 863-8711, or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS.