Local News in Brief : Pedestrian Dies in N. Hollywood Hit-Run
A North Hollywood man was killed Sunday when he was struck by a pickup truck in a hit-and-run accident, Los Angeles police said.
Andres Edmundo Gomez, 25, was hit at about 10 p.m. while walking south in a northbound lane of Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, police said. Witnesses said the truck was traveling within the speed limit, police said.
Gomez was pronounced dead at the scene.
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