Woman killed by hit-and-run driver who stopped to look at her before fleeing, police say

The driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a 19-year-old woman in Sherman Oaks early Sunday turned around and came back to look at the victim before driving off, police said.

The hit-and-run occurred at about 2:20 a.m. as the woman and a male companion were crossing Moorpark Street, between Stern and Matilija avenues, Wood said.

The pedestrians were not in a crosswalk when the eastbound vehicle, described only as possibly maroon in color, struck the woman, who was walking behind the male.

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The driver made a U-turn on Moorpark, said Officer William Wood of the LAPD’s Valley Traffic Division.

“He slowed down to see her in the street and then fled,� Wood said.

The woman died at the scene, Wood said. Her name was not released pending notification of next of kin.

Her companion was not injured.

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