A 35-year-old man is in critical condition after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in South Los Angeles, and LAPD is asking for helping finding the motorist.
Video released by LAPD shortly show the driver and passenger, at right, involved in a hit-and-run crash on Dec. 26, 2016.
The victim, who has not been identified, was riding a motorized bicycle westbound on 48th Street at Ninth Avenue in Hyde Park when he was struck.
A car that was parked on 48th Street pulled away from the curb and immediately made a left onto Ninth Avenue, striking the oncoming bicyclist about 3:40 p.m. Monday, according to an Los Angeles Police Department news release and surveillance video.
Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics took the victim to a hospital, where police said he was listed in critical condition.
The vehicle, described as a burgundy or red Oldsmobile Cutlass four-door sedan from model years 1997 to 1999, didn’t stop and fled the scene.
The driver is a Hispanic man, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, between 180 and 200 pounds, with dark hair, police said. He was wearing a gray baseball cap, a gray jacket, white T-shirt and blue jeans.
This burgundy or red Oldsmobile Cutlass four-door sedan is shown in video released by LAPD shortly before a hit-and-run crash on Dec. 26, 2016.
A passenger who was in the car was described as 5 feet 8 inches tall, with black hair and a mustache. He wore a long-sleeve red shirt, black pants and brown shoes.
LAPD released surveillance video showing both the crash and the driver and passenger in a store.
Anyone with information is asked to call LAPD South Traffic Division at 323-421-2500 or, after-hours, 877-527-3247. Anonymous tipsters may call 800-222-8477.
from KTLA http://ift.tt/2hqLTDM
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