Gardena police are looking for witnesses to a hit-and-run accident Thursday that left a man dead.
The victim was walking near Rosecrans and Purche avenues when he was struck by a light-colored pickup, the Gardena Police Department said.
Paramedics found the man lying in the street and took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His name was not released.
Police said the vehicle had major front-end damage on its passenger side and was last seen traveling west on Rosecrans.
Anyone with information is asked to call police investigator Sergio Borbon at (310) 217-6135.
— Robert J. Lopez