Los Angeles: On April 16, 2024 at approximately 8:00 p.m., a fatal traffic collision occurred involving a vehicle and a pedestrian. A vehicle traveling southbound on Mission Boulevard collided with victim Dorado crossing in an unmarked crosswalk. The driver fled the scene without stopping, rendering aid or identifying himself or herself. There is no description of the driver. After the collision, the driver continued southbound Mission Boulevard and made a right to 1st Street, and then another right on to Vignes Street. The vehicle continued and made a left turn on Commercial Street. Paramedics from the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to the scene and victim Dorado was pronounced deceased.
The suspect vehicle is described as black Toyota Camry or Nissan Altima with black rims.
Video of the crash is posted on Central Traffic’s social media accounts: KZread “LAPD Central
Traffic,” Twitter @LAPDCTD24, and Instagram @LAPD_CTD_24.
On April 15, 2015, the City Council amended the Los Angeles Administrative Code and created a Hit-and-Run Reward Program Trust Fund. A reward of up to $50,000 is available to community members that provide information leading to the offender’s identification, apprehension, and conviction or resolution through a civil compromise.
If anyone has additional information regarding the vehicle and the driver, please contact Detective Daniel Ramirez, Central Traffic Detectives, at (213) 833-3713, or email him at 39299@lapd.online, or contact the Central Traffic Division Watch Commander at (213) 833-3746 during weekends and off-hours or telephone the 24-hour toll free number at 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (1-877-527-3247). For anonymous telephone calls, please call LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477) or visit www.lacrimestoppers.org, or Tipsters www.lapdonline.org