A man was killed Saturday when he was struck by a vehicle driven by a woman who fled the scene in the Griffith Park area of Los Angeles.
The crash was reported as an assault with a deadly weapon about 2:30 p.m. in the 2400 block of Fern Dell Drive, according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer J. Chaves.
The suspect was described as a woman in her 40s driving a Lexus, Chaves said.
Paramedics rushed the victim to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the officer said.