CHP needs help finding 'vehicle of interest' in 105 Freeway death
We had a short story on the Web site yesterday about a homeless man whose body was found on the Century Freeway in the Willowbrook area. He was hit by a vehicle and dragged.
The discovery of his body forced the closure of the eastbound lanes.
If you happened to be driving east on the 105 about 5:15 a.m. or so, CHP investigators are trying to find the driver of a late-model red pickup truck. They don't know if this is the driver who struck the man, but the motorist stopped at the scene and took off before officers arrived.
I'll have a story on all this coming up.
The victim was Alhakim Muntaqim Allah, a 66-year-old man who lived in his van in the area of El Segundo Boulevard and San Pedro Street.
"I think he was misunderstood by a lot of people," his daughter Al-Wasi Allah said. "He was happy. He smiled all the time."
The discovery of his body forced the closure of the eastbound lanes.
If you happened to be driving east on the 105 about 5:15 a.m. or so, CHP investigators are trying to find the driver of a late-model red pickup truck. They don't know if this is the driver who struck the man, but the motorist stopped at the scene and took off before officers arrived.
I'll have a story on all this coming up.
The victim was Alhakim Muntaqim Allah, a 66-year-old man who lived in his van in the area of El Segundo Boulevard and San Pedro Street.
"I think he was misunderstood by a lot of people," his daughter Al-Wasi Allah said. "He was happy. He smiled all the time."
Allah's daughter said she did not know why her father was in that area.
"I just want whoever did it to come forward," she said. "At least take responsibility for what you did. I don't think you should be able to take somebody's life and act like it was nothing."
The daughter said Allah changed his birth name from Clifton Sherow in the 1970s when he converted from Christianity to Islam after meeting her mother. His first name meant "The wise."
Allah never married, but had two daughters and two sons. He subsisted on social security, choosing to live in his van a few years ago and taking showers at his daughter's home near Avalon and El Segundo boulevards. He spent time in the library and frequently took his 7-year-old grandson to a neighborhood park to play.
Anyone with information about the crash that took his life is asked to contact the CHP at 310-516-3355.
"I just want whoever did it to come forward," she said. "At least take responsibility for what you did. I don't think you should be able to take somebody's life and act like it was nothing."
The daughter said Allah changed his birth name from Clifton Sherow in the 1970s when he converted from Christianity to Islam after meeting her mother. His first name meant "The wise."
Allah never married, but had two daughters and two sons. He subsisted on social security, choosing to live in his van a few years ago and taking showers at his daughter's home near Avalon and El Segundo boulevards. He spent time in the library and frequently took his 7-year-old grandson to a neighborhood park to play.
Anyone with information about the crash that took his life is asked to contact the CHP at 310-516-3355.
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