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Police Search for Hit-and-Run Driver

By Lookout Staff

May 30 -- Police are looking for a motorist who earlier this month hit a homeless man crossing Lincoln Boulevard.

The victim, John Cameron Wallen, a 60-year-old homeless man, finally succumbed to his injuries and died at a local hospital Thursday, making him the second pedestrain in two weeks killed by a motorist in Santa Monica.

The hit-and-run fatality took place shortly after midnight on May 21as Wallen was jaywalking across the Lincoln, just north of Ocean Park Boulevard.

“After the impact, the suspect vehicle fled the scene without stopping or rendering aid to the pedestrian,” said Sgt. Renaldi Thurston, the Police Department spokesman.

Paramedics from the Santa Monica Fire Department transported the victim to a local hospital, where he was listed in critical condition and placed on life support.

Police are looking for the driver of a dark blue or black late model Toyota Corolla or Nissan Sentra.

The vehicle should have damage to its front end and possibly its windshield as a result of the collision, police said.

The vehicle was seen exiting the Albertsons Parking lot at 2627 Lincoln Boulevard just prior to the collision.

The fatal accident took place five days after an elderly pedestrian was struck and killed by a motorist in the Pico Neighborhood. (“Elderly Pedestrian Killed,” May 16, 2008)

Anyone with additional information should call Investigator Chris Dawson at 310.458.8954 at the Santa Monica Police Department’s Traffic Services Office or the Watch Commander at 310.458.8427.

Anyone wishing to remain anonymous may call the WeTip hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463).

 

 

 

 

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