Crime & Safety
Police Arrest 73-Year-Old in Connection with Pacific Palisades Hit-and-Run
The Valentine's Day accident left a 28-year-old man severely injured.
A 73-year-old woman has been arrested in suspicion of striking with her car a 28-year-old man on Valentine’s Day as he was crossing Pacific Coast Highway at Temescal Canyon, and fleeing the scene.
Los Angeles Police Department officials arrested Monday Anna Soon Ma, a resident of Fullerton.
At 7:55 p.m., a 28-year-old man was walking across PCH in a marked, flashing pedestrian crosswalk, when a silver 2010 Toyota Prius collided with him, according to the LAPD.
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“The driver left the scene without providing information or medical attention to the victim as required by law,” according to a news release. The arrest is on suspicion of felony charges.
The victim, suffering severe head trauma, was airlifted to a local hospital, where he remains, according to the LAPD.
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Ma is being held in lieu of $50,000 bail.
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