Category: hit-and-run

Chula Vista Woman Seriously Injured in Hit-and-Run Crash

CHULA VISTA, Calif.—A Chula Vista woman was seriously injured and taken to a hospital after being struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run incident. Just after 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 18, a Community Service Officer from Chula Vista Police Department witnessed a vehicle hit the woman in the intersection of F Street and Garrett Avenue….


13-year-old Boy Killed in Hit-And-Run Crash in South LA

LOS ANGELES—A 13-year-old boy who was critically injured when the SUV in which he was riding with his mother and two siblings collided with a car in South Los Angeles has died at a hospital, and police Jan. 10 sought the public’s help to find the hit-and-run motorist involved in the crash. The crash was…


Woman Killed in West Covina Crash; Man Arrested

WEST COVINA, Calif.—A man suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs in a hit-and-run crash in West Covina that left a woman dead was in custody Dec. 2. The crash occurred around 9:10 p.m. Dec. 1 at the intersection of Sunset and Cameron avenues, according to West Covina Police Department Sgt. Stephen…


Bass Stepdaughter Hurt in Hit-and-Run While Driving

LOS ANGELES—One of Karen Bass’s stepdaughters suffered minor injuries Dec. 1 when the vehicle she was driving was struck by a hit-and-run driver, the Los Angeles mayor-elect said in a statement. “While driving today, one of my daughters was the victim of a hit-and-run,” according to Bass’s statement. “Thankfully, she was not seriously hurt and…


22 LA County Sheriff’s Recruits Struck By Vehicle; 5 Critically Injured

WHITTIER, Calif.—Nearly two dozen Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recruits on a training run were injured Wednesday, five critically, when the group was struck by an SUV being driven on the wrong side of a road in the South Whittier area, just blocks from the training academy. The motorist, described only as a 22-year-old man,…


25 LA County Sheriff’s Recruits Struck By Vehicle; 5 Critically Injured

WHITTIER, Calif.—More than two dozen law enforcement recruits were injured, five critically, when they were hit by an SUV while running in formation Wednesday morning near the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s training center in South Whittier. The motorist, a 22-year-old Diamond Bar man, was taken into custody by authorities near the scene of the…


6 Adults Injured in Hit-and-Run Crash at South Los Angeles Carnival

LOS ANGELES—Six adults were injured Nov. 12 evening when a Porche SUV drove through a South LA street carnival and fled the scene. The hit-and-run crash occurred at 8:20 p.m. in the 3800 block of Trinity Street in Historic South-Central Los Angeles, according to Firefighter Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Six patients…


Man Killed in Hit-and-Run Crash While Riding Dirt Bike in South Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES—A 20-year-old Los Angeles man was killed after his dirt bike collided with a car that left the scene in the Vermont Square neighborhood, authorities said Oct. 17. The crash occurred around 3 p.m. Oct. 16 at 54th and Cimarron streets, according to a release from the Los Angeles Police Department’s South Traffic Division….


LAPD: Possible Hit-Run Motorist Comes Forward, Released Pending Investigation

LOS ANGELES—A man possibly responsible for the hit-and-run injury of a restaurant worker on a moped in the downtown Los Angeles area brought the car believed to have been involved in the crash to a police facility Aug. 25, and was released pending further investigation, authorities said. The man, who was not arrested, went to…


Man Arrested in Hit-and-Run That Killed 67-Year-Old Bicyclist in Fullerton

FULLERTON, Calif.—A man was in police custody Aug. 19 in the hit-and-run death of a 67-year-old man who was hit by a truck while riding a bicycle, police said. Jonathan Ocampo, 21, of Anaheim was arrested late Thursday afternoon at the Fullerton police station, said Fullerton Police Department Capt. Jon Radus. Ocampo was booked on…