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A 101-year-old man was fatally injured Wednesday in Boyle Heights by a hit-and-run driver, who was tracked down by witnesses and held for arriving officers, police reported.
Jose Noriega was in a marked crosswalk when he was struck by the driver of a 1997 Chevrolet Astro van headed north on Lorena Street at Opal Street about 6 a.m., according to Detective Felix Padilla of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Central Traffic Division.
The driver fled, but witnesses followed and blocked his way until police were able to detain him a short distance from the scene of the collision, Padilla said.
Noriega was taken to County-USC Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 7:49 a.m.
Ricardo Avalos, 41, of Los Angeles, was booked at the Metropolitan Detention Center on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter, Padilla said. Bail was set at $50,000.
— City News Service