WILMINGTON – A 38-year-old man who was riding a bicycle was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver in Wilmington and Friday the driver is on the loose.
Junior Valle, 28, of Wilmington died at the scene.
Los Angeles Police Department officers from the department’s Harbor Division were called at 8:45 p.m. Thursday to Wilmington Boulevard and G Street where they found Valle in the street near his bicycle, according to an LAPD spokesman.
The driver of the vehicle that hit the victim sped away from the scene in an unknown direction and did not stop to render aid. There was no vehicle description.