Motorcyclist killed by hit-and-run driver in Northridge

A motorcyclist was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Northridge late Friday. 

It happened at around 10:10 p.m. near Tampa Avenue and Plummer Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. 

Investigators were told that the victim was heading eastbound on Tampa Avenue when he was hit by a car driving south on Plummer Street. 

The driver, only described by witnesses as a man, continued to flee in the same direction without stopping. 

Paramedics with the Los Angeles Fire Department pronounced the victim, at this point only identified as a 32-year-old man, dead at the scene. 

LAPD's West Traffic Division is handling the investigation and anyone who may know more was urged to contact them.