{"id":218549,"date":"2010-01-11T13:22:57","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T18:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5fcf53ef0120a7c433a1970b"},"modified":"2010-01-11T13:22:57","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T18:22:57","slug":"hit-and-run-driver-seriously-injures-two-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/218549","title":{"rendered":"Hit and Run Driver Seriously Injures Two Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">Los Angeles:<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\nThe Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is requesting the public\u2019s<br \/>\nhelp to identify and locate a suspect responsible for a hit-and-run<br \/>\ntraffic incident that seriously injured two girls. <\/p>\n<p>\nOn December 28, 2009, at about 5:59 p.m., a 14-year-old girl and her<br \/>\n3-year-old niece were crossing Main Street just north of 43rd Street<br \/>\nwhen a two-door, white vehicle struck both pedestrians, throwing them<br \/>\nabout 40 feet.\u00a0 Both victims suffered serious injuries and were<br \/>\ntransported to a local hospital for treatment.\u00a0 The driver continued<br \/>\ndriving north on Main Street, failing to stop and identify herself or<br \/>\nprovide aid to the injured victims.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nThe driver was described as a female with no further descriptors.\u00a0 The<br \/>\nhit-and-run vehicle is described as an older two-door, white sedan with<br \/>\na stop lamp on the middle of the back window. It may also have<br \/>\ncollision damage to the right front headlamp or right front side-light<br \/>\ncover. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nVideo of the crime and suspect\u2019s vehicle was captured by surveillance cameras and is available at www.lapdtv.org. <\/p>\n<p>\nAnyone with information of this incident contact LAPD Central Traffic<br \/>\nDivision (CTD) Detectives Jose De Leon or Josephine Mapson at (213)<br \/>\n972-1845 or the CTD watch commander at (213) 972-1853.\u00a0 During<br \/>\nnon-business hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to<br \/>\n1-877-LAPD-24-7.\u00a0 Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should call<br \/>\nCrimestoppers at 800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477).\u00a0 Tipsters may also<br \/>\ncontact Crimestoppers by texting to phone number 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S on<br \/>\nmost keypads) with a cell phone. All text messages should begin with<br \/>\nthe letters \u201cLAPD.\u201d Tipsters may also go to LAPDOnline.org, click on<br \/>\n&quot;webtips&quot; and follow the prompts.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<object height=\"257\" width=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/sDbh5HC-s0o&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"257\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/sDbh5HC-s0o&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"315\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles:\u00a0 The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is requesting the public\u2019s help to identify and locate a suspect responsible for a hit-and-run traffic incident that seriously injured two girls. On December 28, 2009, at about 5:59 p.m., a 14-year-old girl and her 3-year-old niece were crossing Main Street just north of 43rd Street when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}