Los Angeles County detectives have arrested a hit-and-run driver who they say intentionally crashed his car into a skateboarder in Palmdale earlier this week.
In a news release, deputies said that they were called to the intersection of Sixth Street East and East Avenue Q-12 on Monday after learning of a crash involving a pedestrian. While investigating the incident, detectives “conducted an extensive canvass of nearby businesses and searched for potential witnesses.”
Their investigation led them to discover surveillance footage of the crash, which showed a white, four-door Toyota Corolla that was “traveling at a high rate of speed southbound on 6th Street East before crossing into the opposing northbound lanes.”…