SUN VALLEY — Police are seeking a driver who fled the scene of a weekend hit-and-run crash in Sun Valley that killed a 58-year-old man and were also seeking another motorist who gave the suspect a ride away from the scene.
The accident occurred about 9 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Roscoe Boulevard. Los Angeles Police Department investigators believe the driver of a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck ran a red light while traveling north on Coldwater Canyon and struck the driver’s side of a Morris Minor — a British classic car — that was going west on Roscoe.
Harutiun Moukoian, a Glendale resident, died at the scene.
Abandoning the Silverado, the driver was picked up at the scene in a silver Hyundai Tiburon, which had been following behind before the crash, police said. The Hyundai was later found abandoned nearby, according to the LAPD.
“The driver of the Tiburon and the driver of the Silverado fled without identifying themselves or attempting to render aid to the victim,” according to an LAPD statement.
Police asked anyone with information on the crash to call Detective Wade with the Valley Traffic Division at 818-644-8036 or 37417@lapd.online.
A reward of up to $50,000 is available for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a hit-and-run suspect, or to a civil resolution.