The Los Angeles Police Department is looking for a driver who fatally struck a pedestrian in the Vermont Vista neighborhood, then abandoned their vehicle at the scene and fled on foot.
At about 9 p.m. Thursday, the pedestrian was crossing South Vermont Avenue in the 8900 block when they were hit by a car, police said.
The driver left the vehicle there and fled on foot. Police have thus far been unable to locate them.
The pedestrian, meanwhile, was taken to a local hospital, where they were pronounced dead. Their identity has not been released…