Crime & Safety
1 Suspect Arrested In Fatal Double Hit-and-Run
The female was struck by one car and run over by another, police said. The other driver is still at large.
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY CA, – A 24-year-old driver was arrested Thursday for allegedly striking and killing a woman on a bicycle in Van Nuys and leaving the scene, but a second hit-and-run suspect who ran over the downed victim remained at large.
Police told reporters at the scene of the collision at the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Stagg Street, near Saticoy Street, that the arrested driver is Eric Limon, who was taken into custody at his home.
An officer was flagged down at 11:23 p.m. Wednesday and directed to the intersection, where the woman was lying in the roadway, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
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The woman, in her 50s, died at the scene, the coroner's office reported.
Surveillance video showed she was hit by one vehicle and then run over by a second, police said.
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The dead woman's bicycle has not been found. Investigators believe it was pinned under Limon's car and dragged from the scene.
The second driver who ran over the victim and then left the scene is believed to be a woman, police said.
Anyone with information about the fatal collision or who finds a damaged bicycle in the area was urged to call the LAPD's Valley Traffic Division at (818) 644-8000.
After-hours and weekend calls should be directed to (877) LAPD-247. Anonymous tips can be submitted through Crime Stoppers by calling (800) 222- TIPS.
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A woman in her 30s was killed when she was struck by two vehicles while crossing a Panorama City-area street and neither vehicle stopped, authorities said Thursday.
An officer was flagged down by members of the public at 11:23 p.m. Wednesday and directed to the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Stagg Street where the woman was lying in the roadway, said a desk officer at the Los Angeles Police Department's Valley Traffic Bureau.
The woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was struck by one vehicle and fell to the roadway as the vehicle continued on, police said. A second vehicle ran the woman over and the driver also failed to stop, police said.
Descriptions of the vehicles were not immediately available.
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