So it begins.
A man riding a bicycle was killed in a hit-and-run in the unincorporated Lennox community of Los Angeles County last week.
Yet the only mention of the crash comes from a pair of legal websites, based on a CHP alert that’s not online anymore.
According to the sites, the victim was struck by a driver around 11:41 pm last Wednesday, January 10th, at the intersection of Hawthorne and Lennox boulevards.
The victim, described only as a man who appeared to around 40 years old, died at the scene.
The driver fled following the crash. The suspect vehicle was described as red Dodge Ram pickup truck; there’s no description of the driver at this time.
This is the first confirmed bicycling fatality in Southern California this year, and the first that I’m aware of in Los Angeles County.
It’s also the first fatal hit-and-run of the year.
Let’s hope the local media reports the next one, since they didn’t this time.
Update: The victim has been identified as 51-year old Cesar Hernandez.
My deepest sympathy and prayers for Cesar Hernandez and his loved ones.
