18-year-old dies after early morning rollover crash in downtown LA

An 18-year-old man was killed in a rollover crash in downtown Los Angeles early Saturday morning. 

It happened just before 12:45 a.m. near Cesar Chavez Boulevard and Broadway in the Chinatown area, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. 

They say that two cars collided at the intersection, one of which fled from the scene.

Seven people were injured in the crash, which caused one of the two cars to roll over. Firefighters freed two of the occupants that became trapped in the collision, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

They were both rushed to a nearby hospital, along with one other victim, for injuries sustained in the crash, one of whom was pronounced dead shortly after arrival, police said. 

He was identified as Isaac Arellanes by family members at a vigil on Saturday evening. They say that he had just graduated from Homeboy Industries in June and was going to school at Rio Hondo College for a career in welding. 

Arellanes was also father to one daughter who family says he loved dearly.

The conditions of the four other injured people were not immediately known.

Investigators did not reveal information on the hit-and-run driver or their vehicle.