Police searching for hit-run driver in South L.A. [Video]

Los Angeles police reached out to the public Wednesday for help finding the hit-and-run driver who fatally struck a 43-year-old woman in the Vermont Knolls area of South Los Angeles.

Kyesha Hardgraves was struck shortly after midnight Sept. 30, 2023, at the intersection of Normandie Avenue and West 83rd Place.

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, a motorist driving south on Normandie “at a high rate of speed” struck Hardgraves then fled south without stopping. Hardgraves was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police noted that the city of Los Angeles has a standing reward offer of up to $50,000 for information that leads to a conviction in a fatal hit-and- run.

At a Wednesday morning news conference, detectives asked anyone with information or video to come forward, noting that even the smallest bit of information or video can be critical.

“It gives us a better chance to solve this, …