Overview
- LAPD reports a two-car crash on Vista del Mar in Playa del Rey early Sunday around 4:30 a.m. killed a man at the scene and a 1-year-old who later died at a hospital.
- Police say the driver of one vehicle ran toward the nearby beach after the collision, and officers are searching for a suspect described as a 25-year-old man in a white Jeep.
- Fire officials say a woman involved in the crash was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
- Authorities say a southbound vehicle crossed into northbound lanes before the impact, and investigators have not identified a cause or whether speed or alcohol played a role.
- Neighbors told reporters that drivers often speed along this narrow coastal road, a point that could draw fresh scrutiny to safety on the Vista del Mar corridor.