KTLA live shot on hit and run interrupted by car wreck

                  KTLA live shot on hit and run interrupted by                                      car wreck

                      

KTLA live shot on hit and run interrupted by car wreck
A television journalist was reporting live on air about a deadly hit-and-run this week when he was interrupted by yet another collision. KTLA reporter Gene Kang was reporting live from the intersection of Hoover and 84th streets in South Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon, where a 42-year-old man had been struck and killed in a crash late last month. The police have recently offered a $50,000 reward for any information about the driver in the crash that killed Jemmy Chavaria on February 26 - and Kang took the opportunity on Thursday to discuss the rise in crashes at the intersection. He is seen in video saying, 'You see Hoover Street here, it's one of the dangerous streets in all of Los Angeles.' Just moments later, a black sedan comes into view from the left, as another car approaches the crosswalk on Hoover Street. The black sedan then proceeds to T-bone the blue car that was coming to a designated crosswalk, before turning into an apparent parking lot and driving away, as its front bumper could be seen dangling and parts fell off of it. 'What the - ?' Kang could be heard asking as he watched the scene unfold. He later tweeted out the video calling it a 'crazy crash.' 'Our security guard Walter Mann yelled "get back" and we moved as the car came racing toward us,' he later told his station. 'It veered away at the last second and T-boned the car.' Kang said the news crew on the scene immediately called 911 to report the crash, and when officers arrived, they told Kang they suspect that the driver of the black sedan was involved in a previous crime and was trying to get away. They took a license plate that fell off the car during the collision as evidence. Nobody in the other vehicle, which did stop, appeared to be injured. An investigation into the crash is said to be ongoing. The crash came as Kang was reporting on a hit-and-run collision that killed a 42-year-old father as he was crossing the same street with his wife and son at around 7:15 p.m. on February 26. Police have said the family was guided to cross the street by a crossing guard who was wearing a bright yellow vest and carrying a stop sign, when an 'impatient' driver went into opposing lanes to skip past cars that were stopped for the family. Jemmy Chavaria was able to get his wife and two-year-old son out of the way before he was struck by a light-colored gray or gold sedan - possibly a Nissan Altima. He succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital. 'My life completely changed due to a reckless driver,' the victim’s wife, Angelica Chavarria, told reporters at a news conference Thursday, when police announced a $50,000 reward for anyone who could provide information about the driver's identity. 'Before being struck at a high speed, my husband was able to show my son and I his unconditional love,' Chavarria said through tears. 'He saved our lives.' Police said at the news conference that Hoover Street has been the site of many accidents lately, with double the number of crashes occurring since the pandemic began. And Kang got to see that firsthand, saying the hit-and-run he witnessed on Thursday is 'just more evidence to how scary it is here on Hoover Street.'
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