Long Beach, CA : 17-year-old riding scooter killed by hit-and-run driver in Long Beach on Sunday, 12th May 2024

A teenage boy riding a scooter was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver whom investigators believe was also drunk early Sunday morning in Long Beach.

Police were dispatched to the intersection of Orange Avenue and South Street at around 12:40 p.m., according to the Long Beach Police Department.

Upon arrival, they learned that the victim, a 17-year-old boy, was struck by a 2012 Cadillac that traveling northbound on Orange Avenue as he road north on South Street.

Instead of stopping, the driver of the SUV continued to drive north before crashing into an apartment building at 6100 Orange Avenue, police said.

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