A hit-and-run driver killed a wheelchair-bound woman nicknamed “Sunshine” in North Hollywood Tuesday, and police released video from the scene in the hope someone can help identify the murderer.
The suspect was behind the wheel of a white Ford Transit van and took off after the collision, which occurred about 3:30 a.m. at Burbank Boulevard and Bonner Avenue, the Los Angeles Police Department reported.
The woman, in her 70s, was dragged about 100 feet and died at a hospital. Her name was withheld pending family notification.
The woman’s nickname was “Sunshine” and she had lived in the area for 50 years, according to friend and fellow wheelchair user Candy Moore, who told KCAL9 that she was with the victim just before she was killed.
“I heard the impact, and I knew, I just knew,” Moore said tearfully. “Nobody would stop for her. She just said, ‘oh, oh’ and then she said my name. And that was it … She didn’t deserve that.”
Video of the van speeding from the scene is available on the LAPD website at www.lapdonline.org.
A standing reward of up to $50,000, offered by the city of Los Angeles, is available for anyone providing information that helps solve a fatal hit-and- run. Anyone with information on the case was urged to call police at (877) LAPD- 247.
—City News Service