Police asked for the public’s help Tuesday morning in identifying the driver of a burgundy or red four-door vehicle involved in a hit-and-run crash in Echo Park that killed a 58-year-old woman and badly injured her 71-year-old husband.
Morena Del Carmen Alvarado-Lopez and her husband were walking northbound on Sunset Boulevard, east of White Knoll Drive, about 12:50 a.m. Monday when they were struck by a vehicle and dragged 50 feet before they were dislodged from the vehicle, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The victims were taken to a hospital, where Alvarado-Lopez died of her injuries, police said.
Anyone with information on the hit-and-run was asked to call Central Traffic Division Detective Juan Campos at 213-833-3713.
Anonymous tips can be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org.