"Los Angeles police are searching for the driver of a Maserati who fatally hit an 80-year-old pedestrian and his dog and fled the scene in Sherman Oaks, abandoning the damaged vehicle without license plates. Los Angeles Police Department officers were called at 11:35 p.m. Tuesday to the intersection of Woodman Avenue and Moorpark Street after the driver, traveling north on Woodman, struck the pedestrian and his dog, LAPD officials said."
"Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics took the injured man to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The dog, a Rottweiler, was pronounced dead at the scene after being found near a vehicle at the curb, officials said. Police said the driver briefly stopped at the scene after hitting the man and his dog, but never got out of the vehicle. The driver then drove a few blocks away in the damaged Maserati and abandoned it, they said."
At 11:35 p.m. in Sherman Oaks, a Maserati traveling north on Woodman Avenue struck an 80-year-old pedestrian and his Rottweiler near Moorpark Street. Paramedics transported the man to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead; the dog was found near a curb and pronounced dead at the scene. The driver briefly stopped without exiting, then drove a few blocks and abandoned the damaged Maserati with no license plates. Investigators have been unable to find a California registration and believe the vehicle was taken out of state. Witnesses reported seeing passengers in the Maserati. A $50,000 reward is offered for information leading to arrest and conviction.
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