Man Killed, Woman Injured in Crossing Street Playa del Rey

PLAYA DEL REY, CA - A man was killed and a woman seriously injured early Thursday morning when a vehicle hit them in Playa del Rey, authorities said.

The crash outside 11400 S. Vista Del Mar, just south of Imperial Highway, took place about 12:15 a.m., according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart.

A young man died at the scene and another pedestrian, a 32-year-old woman, was taken to a hospital with serious injuries, Stewart said.

The man was later identified as 21-year-old Michael Lockridge, said Lt. Dave Smith of the coroner's office. Where he lived was not immediately reported.

Lockridge and the woman were struck by a vehicle headed north on Vista Del Mar. Lockridge was then struck by a southbound vehicle, according to Sgt. Lonnie Tiano of the Los Angeles Police Department's West Traffic Division.

"I don't know if they were crossing in a crosswalk," Tiano said, adding that no motorist was cited or arrested.

Anyone with any information regarding the crash was asked to call the LAPD's West Traffic Division at (213) 473-0222.

--City News Service, photo via Shutterstock