A speeding vehicle struck and killed a woman and left another pedestrian in critical condition as they crossed a street in the Vermont Vista area of South Los Angeles, authorities said Monday.
The crash occurred at 10:45 p.m. Sunday on Vermont Avenue around 94th Street, according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Mike Lopez.
The two pedestrians were westbound in a marked crosswalk when the vehicle struck them, launching the woman into the air before she landed in the roadway, according to a desk officer at the LAPD’s Operations Center.
The woman, in her 20s to 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene, the desk officer said. Paramedics rushed the other pedestrian to a hospital in critical condition. The other pedestrian’s age and gender were not available.
The driver initially left the scene in the vehicle but abandoned it at Vermont Avenue and 90th Street, Lopez said.
A news videographer at the scene reported witnesses saw a silver Kia SUV leave the scene and that other witnesses found the vehicle a few blocks north on Vermont Avenue.