The female victim was crossing the street when she was struck by a possibly speeding car. Alex Rozier reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23, 2024.
A woman was killed early Tuesday morning in the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of South Los Angeles after she was struck by a car driven by a hit-and-run driver, authorities said.
The collision happened on La Cienega and Obama boulevard before 2 a.m., the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed.
Video from the scene shows first responders tried to save the female victim by performing CPR.
But after she was declared dead, a man, who appears to be close to the female victim, was seen crying and hugging the woman’s body.
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Witnesses also said a few seconds after they saw a speeding car traveling down the street, they saw the woman’s body thrown several feet.
Police are trying to track down the driver who possibly drove a dark-colored Toyota Camry.
