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Video captures Los Angeles hit-and-run that 'severely injured' a 63-year-old woman
Police in Los Angeles are searching Wednesday for the driver behind a hit-and-run incident that left a 63-year-old woman “severely injured.”
The Los Angeles Police Department says the victim was walking in a marked crosswalk on Sept. 6 when she was struck by a black Hyundai sedan turning onto Costello Avenue in the city’s Sherman Oaks neighborhood.
“The driver of the black Hyundai failed to stop, identify themselves, and/or render aid to the injured person and fled the scene southbound Costello Avenue and westbound Davana Terrance,” police added.
Video released by investigators appears to show the woman turning her head in both directions as she enters the crosswalk around 6 p.m. local time.
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The woman is seen crossing a street in Los Angeles on Friday, Sept. 6 before she was struck by a vehicle. (LAPD)
The sedan then enters the frame and strikes the woman, sending one of her shoes flying into the air.
As the car comes to a stop, the woman can be seen hunched over on the ground.
The vehicle then drives out of the picture, leaving the woman alone in the street.
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After the car in Los Angeles strikes the woman, her shoe can be seen flying in the air, to the right of the post for the stop sign. (LAPD)
“Paramedics from the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the scene and transported the severely injured 63-year-old female to a local hospital for medical treatment,” the Los Angeles Police Department said.
The 63-year-old victim is seen staring at the black Hyundai sedan before it flees the scene. (LAPD)
The vehicle is described as having four doors and tinted windows.
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SEATTLE — Public Health – Seattle & King County officials are monitoring a fourth King County resident for possible exposure to the Andes type of hantavirus linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak, health officials said Friday.
The Washington State Department of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified local health officials on May 14 about the additional resident, according to Public Health – Seattle & King County.
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The resident did not travel on the cruise ship but was aboard a flight from Johannesburg to Amsterdam with an ill cruise ship passenger before departure.
Officials said the sick passenger was removed from the aircraft before the flight left Johannesburg and later tested positive for the virus.
The infected passenger began traveling before the outbreak was reported to the World Health Organization.
The King County resident is considered at low risk for infection because they were not seated near the ill passenger, health officials said.
The resident has returned to King County, remains asymptomatic, and is monitoring for symptoms.
Earlier this week, Public Health announced that three King County residents were under monitoring for the Andes type of hantavirus.
Two of those residents had been seated near the infected passenger on the Johannesburg-to-Amsterdam flight. Both have returned home to King County, remain symptom-free, and are monitoring for symptoms in coordination with public health officials.
A third King County resident who was a passenger aboard the MV Hondius is being monitored alongside other American passengers at the national quarantine center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Officials said that the resident remains asymptomatic.
Health officials said there are currently no cases of Andes-type hantavirus in King County, and no residents are showing symptoms. The risk to the public remains low, officials said.
“We were informed yesterday of a fourth individual with a low-risk exposure and were able to reach the resident today,” Dr. Sandra J. Valenciano, health officer and acting director for Public Health – Seattle & King County, said in a statement. “All our residents are following public health protocols, and the risk to the King County community remains low.”
Valenciano said monitoring exposed individuals allows health officials to support residents while ensuring early detection and rapid public health response if symptoms develop.
Hantavirus infections are rare but can cause severe illness.
The viruses are primarily spread through contact with wild rodents and exposure to their urine, droppings, or saliva.
According to health officials, the Andes virus is the only known hantavirus capable of spreading from person to person, typically through close physical contact, prolonged exposure in enclosed spaces, or contact with body fluids from an infected person.
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