A 49-year-old man was struck and killed by a hit-and-run motorist in Lake Los Angeles, the California Highway Patrol said Sunday.
The pedestrian was identified as Guillermo Carrillo, a resident of Lake Los Angeles in the desert east of Lancaster, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Carrillo was walking on or near the roadway on Avenue N-8, just west of 167th Street East when he was struck by a 1990 Chevrolet 1500 pickup truck, which drove away from the scene, the CHP reported.
CHP officers were dispatched about 9 p.m Saturday when the body was spotted by a passing motorist, who called 911.
The CHP’s Antelope Valley office asked anyone who saw the crash to call them at (661) 948-8541.
–City News Service