Man runs over woman, then pulls her from beneath the car and drives off, CA cops say

A driver who backed over a 61-year-old woman crossing a Los Angeles street told her “I sure am” after she asked if he was leaving, California police said.

A car going in reverse hit the woman at 2:55 a.m. Feb. 28 as she crossed 100 block of East 4th Street, knocking her down, Los Angeles police said in a news release.

The driver stopped and got out to drag her out from underneath his car, police said.

As he got back in his car, the woman asked if he was leaving, the release said. “I sure am,” he replied before driving away.

Firefighters took the woman to a hospital for severe injuries that required surgery, police wrote. Her brown long hair pet Chihuahua-Terrier named “Little Man” remains missing. A video of the incident shows the dog flying from the woman’s hands as she’s hit, and then running off.

The driver is being sought on suspicion of felony hit and run, police said.

In a video posted by Los Angeles police, the hospitalized woman asks the driver to “do the right thing and turn yourself in.”

Police ask that anyone with information on the incident call detective Juan Campos at 213-833-3713 or e-mail him at 31480@lapd.online.

This story was originally published March 6, 2022 at 2:10 PM with the headline "Man runs over woman, then pulls her from beneath the car and drives off, CA cops say."