SOUTH LA: Hit & Run Crash Involving Kids

A male driver in a green car struck a SUV from behind with a family of four including two kids ages 2-4 in it causing the SUV to crash into a parked car and up a curb. LAPD witnessed the crash and watched the driver of the green car get out and run away. LAPD gave foot chase and caught the suspect a block away after asking for backup over the radio. The two kids had minor bleeding, one from the head and one on the hand and were looked at by LAFD paramedics and were treated at the scene. LAPD has the suspect and he will be booked for felony hit & run and possibly other charges depending on the outcome of the investigation.