Police Monday asked for the public’s help identifying the driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian in South Los Angeles.

The victim was walking in the street near parked cars about 12:40 p.m. Aug. 27 when a vehicle heading east on Gage Avenue from Vermont Avenue struck him, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The vehicle, for which no description was immediately available, continued east on Gage Avenue toward Hoover Street, police said.

Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics took the victim to a hospital, where he later died.

His name, age and place of residence were not released.

Anyone with information about the fatal crash was urged to call the LAPD’s South Traffic Division to speak with Officer Lozada at 213-677-9791.

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