A mother was critically injured and her three-year-old daughter killed when they were struck by a car while walking in a crosswalk in Anaheim yesterday evening, reports City News Service. The pair were crossing the street just before 6:00 p.m. when a light-colored Nissan, which was later discovered to be stolen, hit them and sped away. more ›

Three bicyclists were struck and injured by a motorist who was allegedly driving under the influence in Seal Beach Saturday morning. The driver, a 46-year-old woman from Anchorage, Alaska, initially fled the scene near Pacific Coast Highway west of Anderson Street, according to Sgt. John Scott of the Seal Beach Police Department. more ›

A driver has been arrested on charges of hitting a cyclist and fleeing the scene in Monrovia last night, reports City News Service. Jason Travers, 34, allegedly hit the victim, whose name hasn't been released, from behind as the cyclist was making a left-turn at about 6:00 p.m. at Violet Avenue and Foothill Boulevard. more ›

A drunk driver caused not one, but two accidents in Hollywood yesterday morning, leaving one person dead and two others injured, including the driver himself. The 21-year-old man who was behind the wheel of a Toyota Matrix first hit a taxi at Hollywood and Argyle, and fled the scene. more ›

The man who hit a cyclist in Pomona and left him to die turned himself in to police last night. more ›

A 54-year-old man was hit by two cars on Wednesday while crossing a street in Garden Grove, according to City News Service. The first fled the scene, and the second dragged the man for 750 feet. The incident occurred at 6:30 p.m. Gregory Martin was crossing West street outside a crosswalk when he was struck by a Dodge Magnum, then a Ford Explorer. more ›

A mother and two children were hit by a flatbed tow truck in an apparent hit-and-run in Placentia yesterday evening, reports City News Service. One of the children, a two-year-old girl, was taken to UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange to be treated for cuts and bruises to her feet, legs and face. The woman and the other child weren't treated for any injuries. more ›

Irma Rodriguez, 59, was standing behind her car in South Los Angeles when she was hit by another driver, injuring her so badly that both of her legs had to be amputated. The accident happened in August, and since then, the grandmother and mother of four has had to adjust to a new way of life. more ›

A 47-year-old man was struck and killed by the driver of a van late last night as he rode his bicycle in Lake Forest. The cyclist, whose name has not yet been released, was turning from Ridge Route Drive to Serrano Road about 10 p.m. Tuesday when the driver of a white, northbound van on Serrano Road struck him. more ›

One man was killed after a hit-and-run crash on the 605 freeway at about 5:30 this morning. City News Service reports that the crash, which involved multiple vehicles including a taxi, happened on the northbound side of the freeway just south of Imperial Highway. The victim, who is in his 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene. A description of the hit-and-run vehicle hasn't been released, nor has the man's name. more ›

LAPD South Traffic Division detectives are searching for a driver who struck and killed a 62-year-old pedestrian on Monday morning then fled from the scene. Larry Dean Hughes, a Los Angeles resident, was walking southbound on a crosswalk on Normandie Avenue at Exposition Boulevard around 5am when a driver traveling northbound on Normandie turned right on Exposition and hit Hughes with his car. The driver did not stop and continued eastbound on Exposition. more ›

If you're going to flee the scene of a car crash, climbing up a tree to get away from the cops is not necessarily a winning technique. A parolee gave the ol' tree climb getaway a late Monday night, only to have his plan foiled when he tumbled down in front of the police. more ›

A two-year-old boy has died and his mother and 1-year-old sister are recovering after being struck by a hit-and-run driver last night, reports ABC 7 News. The family was crossing a street in Santa Ana when 23-year-old Angel Perez allegedly struck them with his SUV. The AP notes that boy was pulled under the car and the woman and baby were thrown on the hood. The boy was taken to U.C. Irvine Medical Center, where he later died. more ›

Police are looking for the suspect who hit a USC motorcyclist last night and took off without offering any help. The 21-year-old USC student was driving on a motorcycle through the intersection at Vermont and Lexington Avenue around 6:40 p.m., when the motorcycle collided with a van. more ›

While crossing Lincoln Boulevard at Santa Monica Boulevard this morning, a man was struck and killed by a vehicle. The hit-and-run incident occurred in Santa Monica around 6am. Authorities believe the suspect's vehicle may be a 2009-2011 gray Toyota Camry. more ›

A 24-year-old Oregon woman and her boyfriend were riding bicycles shortly after 1am on Sunday in the 200 block of Los Robles Avenue in Pasadena when the woman fell off of her bicycle. While lying on the street, she was struck by a vehicle. The driver failed to stop. more ›

Jonathan Olagues, a 13-year old boy, was skateboarding in Rialto last night when he was hit and killed by a vehicle. Paramedics pronounced the young teen dead at the scene. more ›

Police are searching for the driver of a white four-door sedan that struck and killed a pedestrian at the intersection of Saticoy Street and Atoll Avenue in North Hollywood this morning, reports ABC 7. The incident happened at about 1:30 a.m. The victim was walking across the street when he was struck by the car, and was pronounced dead when authorities arrived at the scene. more ›

A cyclist was killed last night, after being hit by what witnesses describe as a black BMW at an intersection near Compton, CBS LA reports. The cyclist Enrique Lemus-Bautista, 50, was riding his bike northbound on Avalon Boulevard, when he was hit by the BMW heading west on Redondo Beach Boulevard just after 9 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. more ›

Police are searching for a driver who slammed into a mother and son as they were walking across the street on Sunday, leaving both victims in critical condition. According to a statement from the LAPD, the incident happened at about 11:30 a.m. at the intersection of 80th Street and Western Ave in the Manchester Square neighborhood. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department announced today they have made two arrests in the fatal hit and run that took the life of a high school senior out riding his bike in Canoga Park this April. more ›

Authorities are hoping the public can help them find the driver of a pickup truck that struck and critically injured a 45-year-old tourist from China, reports CBS News. The man, who had just arrived to the U.S. with his family when he was hit on July 27, was crossing the street at Harbor Blvd. when a car ran into him. more ›

More deplorable behavior on the roadways comes in the form of a suspected hit-and-run driver that stuck "three pedestrians and a parked car in Downtown Los Angeles Sunday morning, said authorities," according to NBC LA. The accidents began around 3:00 a.m. near 11th Street and Hill Street. Responding firefighters found the victims in an alley at the scene. more ›

A San Diego police officer who was being charged with a DUI hit-and-run has apparently taken his own life, reports NBC San Diego. Police discovered Christopher Hall slumped against a wall behind his house after receiving a call from his wife at around 10 a.m. this morning. He had suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound. more ›

Sometimes, insulting someone's mother is not a funny joke. Witnesses say that Ludvig Gharabeigi, 32, learned this the hard way, when his ex-girlfriend allegedly used her SUV to run him over repeatedly in retaliation for his reported mockery of her mom. more ›

A violent confrontation by a motorist against a bicyclist has resulted in an arrest, the Los Angeles Police Department have announced. Though the crime, in which a driver drove into a cyclist to knock her over on a city street, took place in late May, the LAPD arrested the suspect this week. more ›

A 32-year-old man was struck and killed early this morning while riding his bicycle. The Los Angeles Police Department say they are seeking the public's help to find the motorist who rear-ended the rider on his bicycle, and then fled the scene. The incident took place at around 2:25 this morning on Vista Del Mar south of Hyperion Way, near Dockweiler State Beach. more ›

A teenager having a driving lesson with her dad last night got herself closer to a felony than her license after a crash that left three people injured. The girl was driving with her father in the front seat and another teenage girl in the backseat when she plowed "through a gate, into a parking lot [and] hitting three pedestrians and destroying a taco stand," according to the Daily Breeze. more ›

Police are investigating the events leading to an officer-involved shooting of a man who tried to run over police with his car outside a nightclub in North Hollywood early Saturday morning. The suspect, who remains at large, is now wanted for felony hit-and-run with serious bodily injury, sexual battery and attempted murder on a police officer. more ›

A 49-year-old Hummer driver was arrested yesterday evening and charged with vehicular manslaughter for his role in a series of three hit-and-run accidents he perpetrated while under the influence, according to the Ventura County Star. Satnam Singh of Ventura struck and injured a pair of bicyclists, a family in a pickup truck, and, in the last collision, killed a 20-year-old man. more ›