Hit-and-run driver sought in Harbor Gateway death
Police are looking for a motorist who hit and killed a woman in Harbor Gateway and drove away without stopping.
The driver, in a gray or brown minivan, struck the Long Beach woman about 4 a.m. when she ran onto Normandie Avenue north of 204th Street, Los Angeles police Detective Rodney Jones said.
Charmmaine Ouk, 24, died at the scene.
Police said Ouk was a passenger in a car with three other women and began to feel sick, so her driver pulled over and stopped in an alley. Ouk became disoriented, jumped out of the car and ran from into the traffic lanes, he said.
It was unknown if Ouk was under the influence of drugs, he said.
Jones said the minivan's driver might have believed he or she struck an animal because it happened so fast.
"Hopefully they turn themselves in," Jones said.
Anyone with information about the hit-and-run case should contact Jones at 323-290-6064.
The driver, in a gray or brown minivan, struck the Long Beach woman about 4 a.m. when she ran onto Normandie Avenue north of 204th Street, Los Angeles police Detective Rodney Jones said.
Charmmaine Ouk, 24, died at the scene.
Police said Ouk was a passenger in a car with three other women and began to feel sick, so her driver pulled over and stopped in an alley. Ouk became disoriented, jumped out of the car and ran from into the traffic lanes, he said.
It was unknown if Ouk was under the influence of drugs, he said.
Jones said the minivan's driver might have believed he or she struck an animal because it happened so fast.
"Hopefully they turn themselves in," Jones said.
Anyone with information about the hit-and-run case should contact Jones at 323-290-6064.
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