5-year-old boy killed, grandma injured in Gardena hit-and-run

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A 5-year-old boy was killed and his grandmother was injured after they were hit by a car in Gardena Sunday morning. The driver fled the scene.

Gardena Police reported the incident around 10:30 a.m., near the intersection of Marine and Budlong avenues. When officers got there, they found two pedestrians in the road. Paramedics with the Los Angeles County Fire Department treated the boy and his grandma. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene. The grandmother was brought to the hospital.Officials withheld the identity of the young victim, pending the notification of his next of kin.

The driver then fled the scene," police said.This crash was the second fatal crash in Gardena Sunday morning, the second coming hours earlier. Police were called to the intersection of Vermont Avenue and El Segundo Boulevard just before 4 a.m. When police got to the scene, they found a woman in the road. Paramedics took her to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.The driver in that crash, though, stayed at the scene.

 

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