Hit and Run Victim Identified

A motorcyclist killed in a hit-and-run crash in Winnetka was identified today by the coroner’s office.

He was 57-year-old Keith Dumois of Acton, said coroner’s Investigator Kelli Blanchard.

Police said they arrested the driver of a pickup truck involved in the hit-and-run crash, which also left the woman on the back of the motorcycle critically injured.

It was not immediately known what charges the motorist will face, said Officer John Guzman of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Valley Traffic Division.

The motorcyclist was struck at 3:50 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of Saticoy Street and De Soto Avenue in Winnetka, Guzman said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, said Lt. David Smith of the coroner’s office.

City News Service