Valley Glen hit-and-run driver kills pedestrian

A 35 to 40-year-old man was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver in Valley Glen early Monday morning.

A vehicle traveling eastbound on Sherman Way collided with a pedestrian crossing the street near Bellaire Avenue at about 1 a.m. Monday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics.

Police initially believed that a white minivan struck the pedestrian but later determined that a light blue SUV struck the middle-aged man. Investigators are still searching for the driver of the white minivan, as they may have witnessed the fatal crash. 

"Looks like the pedestrian might have gone onto the hood of the car as well, so -- and then the fact that they stopped -- so at some point, they knew what had happened," said LAPD Detective Lisset Fuentes. "Had they pulled over, it would have been an accident because they would not have been at fault, but the moment that they leave, that's when now you committed a crime."

The victim was not identified.