Police searched for a hit-and-run driver who...
Police searched for a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a 65-year-old South Los Angeles man as he crossed a street near his home. Charles M. Payton was pronounced dead after he was hit crossing 79th Street near Hoover Street, officers said.
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