Hit-and-run accident is fatal in Watts

A 49-year-old man who had recently checked out of a halfway house was killed this morning in a hit-and-run accident in Watts, Los Angeles police said.

The man, who was not identified, was lying in the middle of South Broadway near 93rd Street when he was struck by a motorist in a white Kia driving north on Broadway at about 3:25 a.m., Officer Marquis Clark said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses said before the man was struck, he appeared to be intoxicated and was lying relaxed in the roadway, Lt. Gerald Woodyard said.

Responding officers found bottles of prescription medication on the victim and traced them to a halfway house  that confirmed the man had checked out within the last week, Clark said.

The man had no identification on him, but suitcases filled with his personal belongings were located nearby in laundry carts.

Authorities are searching for the driver who fled the scene.

-- Corina Knoll

Comments

[God Bless]

May God have mercy on his soul....

[Austin]

Sad

How can someone drive away after hitting someone

[Albert]

93rd and Broadway is not Watts

[CHARLES BROWN]

I HAVE LIVED IN L.A. FOR 57YRS 92ND AND BROADWAY IS NOT WATTS THE HIT AND RUN WAS IN L.A. WATTS IS 3 OR 4 MILES EAST AFTER CENTRAL AVE

[Frankie M. Curry]

Until parents are made responsible and held accountable for their children, mistreatment of children, suicides and murdering of children will continue. One cannot blame totally, the system for the trouble that befalls these innocent children.

I have been an abused child, have been in the juvenile system, have been in a foster home all because the biological mother was deemed unfit.

Solution, hold the parents accountability, put them in jail if necessary, give them mandatory parenting skills.

All children in the system should be taught to love themselves, to feel important and to know that they are special. That is how I made it through. It can be done. Teach children hope and they will succeed. I am a living example. I know.