Recent Streetsblog LA posts about hit and run

Frederick "Woon" Frazier was killed in a hit-and-run on April 10. Source: Facebook

22-year-old Killed in Hit-and-Run at Manchester/Normandie; Driver Plows Through Mourners Corking Intersection to Protest Death

By Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 11, 2018 | 113 Comments

The images were a sobering reminder of how terrifyingly fragile the human body is when confronted by a multi-ton vehicle traveling at just about any speed.

Damian Kevitt speaking in 2015. Photo: Joe Linton/Streetsblog L.A.

Damian Kevitt on Hit-and-Run, Backlash, and World Day of Remembrance

By Joe Linton | Nov 16, 2017 | 1 Comment

Streetsblog L.A. recently caught up with Damien Kevitt of Finish the Ride and Streets Are For Everyone (SAFE). Kevitt spoke about his background, Finish the Ride, L.A.’s hit-and-run epidemic, and this week’s World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. The interview took place on October 31, 2017. SBLA: Tell Streetsblog readers your story; how […]

Filed Under: “Do You Need a Patch?”

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 1, 2016 | 12 Comments

Six months ago he had been hit by a car on Rodeo Road, the young man told me. He was laid up for seventeen days. Now he had a metal rod in his back. It wasn’t a story that made the news. And it wasn’t a hit-and-run – the driver actually stopped to help the […]

Hit-and-Run Claims Life of Beloved Nun. We Must Do Better, Los Angeles.

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 23, 2015 | 7 Comments

On Sunday, Raquel Diaz, a sister with the Los Angeles Archdiocese, succumbed to her injuries. She was seventy years old. The beloved Boyle Heights nun was crossing Evergreen Avenue at Winter Street at 5:20 p.m. on December 13 when she was run down by a driver in a white, four-door Nissan or Toyota. The loss […]

How Many Things Are Wrong With L.A.’s Latest Traffic Safety Billboards?

By Joe Linton | Oct 29, 2015 | 16 Comments

At a press event yesterday, the L.A. Police Department and Clear Channel revealed a series of billboard images aimed to, according to their press release, “prevent distracted driving and reduce the number of hit-and-run accidents in the Los Angeles area.” With the help of social media commentary, we spotted five different ways that these billboards […]

Anniversaries of Hit-and-Run Deaths Mark Time but Not Healing

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 5, 2015 | No Comments

Anniversaries can be a b*tch. They can be positive reminders of how communities can come together and rally around victims and their families in the face of tremendous loss. But they also mark the years that have passed since those families’ lives were forever changed. And time, particularly in the cases of hit-and-runs, seems only […]

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