Man killed in Long Beach hit-and-run on 710 Freeway

A 33-year-old antheral walking connected the 710 Freeway successful Long Beach earlier dawn Tuesday, Oct. 5, was struck and killed by an SUV whose operator fled, constabulary said.

Long Beach Police Department officers were called astatine astir 3 a.m. to the northbound 710 Freeway successful the country of the Ninth Street off-ramp connected reports of a clang and recovered the antheral lying successful the roadway, according to a section statement.

Paramedics pronounced the antheral dormant astatine the scene. His sanction was not instantly released pending notification of his adjacent of kin.

A preliminary probe revealed the antheral was walking on the close enarthrosis of the freeway and crossed into lanes of postulation erstwhile a achromatic SUV struck him and fled the scene, constabulary said.

Investigators were attempting to find whether the antheral was besides struck by a 2nd vehicle.

Anyone with accusation connected the collision was asked to telephone LBPD Collision Investigation Detail Detective Kevin Johansen oregon Detective Joseph Johnson at 562-570-7355.

Anonymous tips tin beryllium called successful to Crime Stoppers astatine 800-222-8477 oregon submitted online astatine lacrimestoppers.org