Deadly Hit-and-Run in South LA

Los Angeles (myFOXla.com) - The body of an apparent hit-and-run victim was found in the middle of a street in South Los Angeles.

A motorist who swerved to avoid hitting the body on southbound Western Avenue at the intersection of 78th Street contacted police around 12:45 a.m., a sergeant of the Los Angeles Police Department's South Traffic Division told an reporters.

The motorist's vehicle struck a car traveling north on Western Avenue head-on, but the collision resulted only in minor damage, he said.

Another sergeant at the LAPD's South Traffic Division said the victim suffered massive head trauma when he was apparently struck by a hit-and-run driver.

"Right now we have no witnesses, but we're treating this as a hit-and- run of a pedestrian," he said.