Investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying a driver involved in a non-contact hit-and-run crash in Koreatown late last month that left a 31-year-old woman with severe injuries.
The crash occurred on July 20 just before 2 a.m., according to a news release from the Los Angeles Police Department.
Investigators say 35-year-old L.A. resident Luis Sanches-Galicia was driving a Nissan Frontier pickup truck southbound while in the northbound lanes of Normandie Avenue, north of 1st Street when a driver of a newer model blue Chevrolet Camero swerved into the lane the truck was in, causing him to crash into several vehicles parked alongside the roadway.
Medical personnel with the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the crash site and rushed the 31-year-old passenger in the Nissan to the hospital for medical treatment.
“The driver of the blue Chevrolet Camaro failed to stop, identify themselves and or render aid to the injured person and fled the scene southbound on Normandie Avenue,” the release noted.
Sanches-Galicia, who was driving the wrong way in the northbound lanes of Normandie Avenue, was arrested on a felony charge of driving under the influence.
It is unclear if the two vehicle were engaged in an illegal street race.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact the Los Angeles Police Department’s West Traffic Division at 213-473-0222. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call the L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-222-8477 or leave tips online at www.lacrimestoppers.org.