Police Monday are investigating a fatal hit and run collision in the South Los Angeles neighborhood of Manchester Square that killed a pedestrian.
Los Angeles Police Department officers responded at 9:30 p.m. Sunday to South Western Avenue and West 82nd Street regarding a collision. When they arrived at the scene, they learned the driver was traveling north on Western when they struck the victim, who was walking west on West 82nd, an LAPD spokesman told City News Service.
Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics were called to the scene, where the pedestrian– whose name, age and gender were not immediately known — was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver did not stop to help the victim and drove away from the scene, police said.
The LAPD’s South Traffic Division is investigating the cause of the collision.