Family and friends held a vigil Monday night at the sight where a beloved woman was hit and killed in a Carson intersection over the weekend.
Authorities say she was crossing the street at Del Amo and Tillman around 6 p.m. Saturday when a driver hit her and sped away.
The family of the victim does not want to identify her at this time but said she was a loving mother, grandmother, and auntie and worked for the LA County courts for decades.
Loved ones and community members told KTLA’s Jennifer McGraw their hearts are broken, and they are now dealing with their loss and the anger that the driver never stopped and kept going.
“It’s sad it’s very sad. I hate that something like this happened,” said Kenneth Carnes, a resident who lives just a couple of blocks from this latest incident.
Carnes lives on the other side of Del Amo and says it’s a dangerous stretch of roadway.
“It has happened. Like I said, a lady got killed here and sacrificed herself for her little grandkids– and she got killed right here,” said Carnes. “Every once in a while, you can see flowers here where she died.”