Police seek suspect in deadly Santa Monica hit-and-run, killing woman in crosswalk

Police are looking for the driver who fled the scene after a lady was hit and killed on a Santa Monica sidewalk on Sunday night.

The Santa Monica Police Department reports that officers responded to multiple reports of a woman being hit by a car at the intersection of Chelsea Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard close to Douglas Park at approximately 6:40 p.m. on Sunday.

At the scene, the woman passed away. After striking the woman, the hit-and-run driver drove east on Wilshire while driving at a fast speed, according to the police.

The identify of the woman struck and a description of the car have not yet been made public.

Julie Sharp works for CBS Los Angeles as a digital producer. She is from the South Bay and attended Cal State University Long Beach, where she majored in print journalism.

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