A 50-YEAR-old father was mown down by three hit-and-run drivers who left him to die as he tried to cross the street in Los Angeles. On Sunday evening, Jose Fuentes was crossing the intersection of 78th Street and Central Avenue in Florence Sunday evening when he was hit by three separate vehicles. All three of […]
A 50-YEAR-old father was mown down by three hit-and-run drivers who left him to die as he tried to cross the street in Los Angeles.
On Sunday evening, Jose Fuentes was crossing the intersection of 78th Street and Central Avenue in Florence Sunday evening when he was hit by three separate vehicles.
All three of the drivers fled the scene as he lay dying on the street in California last weekend.
Graphic footage of the fatal collisions were released by the Los Angeles Police Department in an appeal for information about the three drivers.
“Nobody stopped and helped out Mr Fuentes as he [lay] there,” LAPD Detective Ryan Moreno told reporters at a press conference.
Police said at around 7:39 pm Fuentes was crossing the road when a motorcycle traveling northbound plowed into him.
The motorcyclist sped away and didn’t stop – but a few minutes later, Fuentes was hit again by a white sedan.
This car also drove away before Fuentes was hit by a third vehicle which also didn’t stop.
The 50-year-old dad died at the tragic scene.
Disturbing surveillance video showed the motorcycle crashing into Fuentes and the cyclist falling off his bike a short distance away.
More footage shows the cyclist clambering back on his bike before speeding away.
Cops said this was a male on a dark colored sports bike, the second was driving a white colored sedan, and there are no details about the third driver, per ABC7.
“The guy on the motorcycle, he could easily have went out in the street, maybe stopped and blocked traffic and prevented even the second or third collision from happening,” Morreno said.
“But he elected to get on his motorcycle and took off and left and fled the scene.”
Anyone with information about Fuentes’ death has been asked to contact the LAPD’s South Traffic Division.
