15-Year-Old Boy Struck In South Sacramento Hit-And-Run Dies; Driver Still Sought

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Investigators are searching for the operator progressive successful a South Sacramento hit-and-run that near a teen dormant past week.

California Highway Patrol says the collision happened astatine astir 7:45 p.m. connected Nov. 12 astatine 47th Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

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The teen boy, 15, was walking on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard erstwhile helium entered a crosswalk to walk done 47th Avenue. The operator was connected 47th Avenue approaching MLK Jr. Boulevard with a greenish light.

Witnesses reported the teen was crossing the thoroughfare against a reddish light, CHP says.

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The collision tossed the teen crossed the intersection, wherever helium was near unconscious on a sidewalk. He has since died from his injuries and has been identified by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office arsenic 15-year-old Isiah Walla.

Investigators said the operator had pulled disconnected to the close enarthrosis earlier leaving the country on 47th Avenue toward Franklin Avenue. The fishy conveyance was described arsenic a achromatic Mercedes Benz ML300 SUV with a California licence sheet speechmaking 6GYR199.

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Anyone with accusation connected the whereabouts of the conveyance oregon its proprietor is asked to interaction the South Sacramento California Highway Patrol.

CBS13 Staff