CAR ACCIDENT: Pedestrian Dies after LA Hit-and-Run Crash

March 7, 2011

Los Angeles - A pedestrian was killed after a hit-and-run accident on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard on Sunday. The man was crossing the street near Exposition Park illegally when a car struck him after midnight, according to Los Angeles Police reports.

Reports said that the man had just left a party when he attempted to cross the street. Rescuers arrived at the scene and transported him to hospital, but died of his injuries.

Authorities are still searching for the driver who fled the scene.