Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run accident
A 55-year-old Northridge pedestrian was killed Monday morning in a hit and run, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Charles Ernest Lawson was crossing Oxnard Street, west of Donna Avenue, when he was hit by a car traveling east at 5:40 a.m., police said.
Lawson was then hit by a second car, police said.
The driver of the first car stopped and rendered aid, but the driver of the second car stopped briefly and then fled, police said.
Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call Det. William Bustos at (818) 644-8020.
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