Pedestrian Killed In Northridge Hit-And-Run

NORTHRIDGE, CA — A man was killed in a hit-and-run collision in Northridge Thursday and the Los Angeles Police Department are investigating the details surrounding the collision.

Police were called just before 2 a.m. Thursday to the 14300 block of West Roscoe Boulevard, west of Balboa Boulevard. When they arrived at the scene, officers learned the driver was traveling east on Roscoe when they struck the pedestrian, an LAPD officer told City News Service.

Los Angeles Fire Department personnel were called to the scene, where they pronounced the victim dead.

The driver did not stop to aid the victim and drove away from the scene without stopping, police said. The LAPD's Valley Traffic Bureau will be in charge of investigating the collision.

City News Service