Pedestrian Killed in Hit and Run in South Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A woman in her 30s was struck and killed in a hit and run collision in the Vermont Knolls area of South Los Angeles and police Saturday are investigating the crash.

Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department were called at approximately 12:09 a.m. to  South Normandie Avenue and West 83rd Place where they learned a vehicle traveling south on Normandie struck the pedestrian and drove away from the scene, an LAPD spokesman told City News Service.

Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics were called and pronounced the victim dead at the scene.

There was no vehicle description available.