A 62-year-old man using a wheelchair to cross a South Los Angeles street late Thursday night was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver, according to police.
In a news release shared by the Los Angeles Police Department, officers said they were called to the intersection of Vermont Avenue and W. 83rd Street, in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood, upon learning of a hit-and-run crash.
Police said the crash happened at around 10:40 p.m., when a car driving north on Vermont Avenue collided with the pedestrian, who was crossing in a marked crosswalk at 83rd Street. Instead of stopping to help, the driver fled from the scene…