Driver Sought in Hit-and-Run That Injured Teen
'I can't believe they didn't stop. ... It's not like they hit a trash can, they hit a person,' says victim's mother.
Seventeen-year-old Eben Camper was crossing Ventura Boulevard near Lemona Avenue on Monday night, heading to Starbucks, when suddenly a sport utility vehicle smashed into him while he was in the crosswalk. The SUV was doing about 40 miles per hour when it hit Camper, knocking him violently to the ground, witnesses later told police. The driver reportedly slowed down, then sped off, without stopping to help the injured teen. "The vehicle slowed down to about 5 miles per hour, then took off at a high rate of speed," according to Lead Detective Bill Bustos of the Los Angeles Police Department's Valley Traffic Division. "The hit-and-run-driver failed to stop and identify himself, and did not render aid," Bustos said. Fortunately, an LAPD …
Brenda George
9:41 pm on Friday, September 9, 2011
Brenda, I pray that they find the person that did this,and that he is made to pay for what he did. more ›