FILE

FILE (KTLA-TV)

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Police are searching for the hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a bicyclist near Dockweiler State Beach.

The incident was reported around 2:30 a.m. Monday at Vista Del Mar and Hyperion.

Police say the George Loudon, 32, was headed home after work when he was struck by a vehicle.


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He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police did not have a vehicle description.

Authorities say bicyclists and pedestrians should take extra precautions on the roadways because of the July 4 crowds.

Anyone with information in the deadly hit-and-run is asked to call Los Angeles police at (213) 473-0222.

Meantime, authorities say a 34-year-old man was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in San Pedro Sunday morning.

The man, whose identity has not been released, was crossing the street near Pacific Avenue and 14th Street shortly after 2 a.m. when he was hit by a white Ford F-150 pickup, according to LAPD officials. He died at a local hospital.

The pickup was said to have a wide gold or silver stripe running along its body and tinted windows.