Los Angeles County authorities Tuesday identified a pedestrian who was struck and killed by a hit-and-run vehicle in Boyle Heights.
The crash occurred just after 10 p.m. Saturday in the area near Whittier Boulevard and Esperanza Street, the Los Angeles Police Department reported.
The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office identified Francisco Rosas Garcia, 58, as the man who died in the crash.
Garcia was walking northbound in the crosswalk on Esperanza when he was struck by a westbound Ford Fusion that left the scene. Police had no year or color description for the Fusion.
Arriving paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
According to the coroner’s office, Garcia died of multiple blunt force injuries suffered in the crash.
Anyone with information regarding the crash was urged to call the LAPD’s Central Traffic Division at 213-833-3746.