Downtown Los Angeles driver runs over street sweeper with pickup truck and then flees; LAPD issues reward in search investigation

Jun 26, 2023

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Police are looking for a driver who ran a street sweeper over with his pickup truck and then fled the scene.

The crash happened on Tuesday, around 1 p.m. near 7th and Alameda.

The victim was hospitalized due to his injuries.

A driver in a white Chevrolet Silverado was leaving the "7th street market" parking lot, when he ran over the foot of a street sweeper.

The driver briefly stopped, but then took off, leaving the injured man on the ground and running over his broom.

Police say the suspect's truck has black rims, a bed liner, sunroof and tinted windows.