College Student Was Dragged Several Hundred Feet in Fatal-Hit-and-Run: 'Hearts Are Broken'

Photo: Go Fund Me

California authorities are looking for a suspect in the hit-and-run death of a college student struck while walking on the street hours before she was scheduled to return to school from winter break.

Police said Pinedo was walking on a crosswalk when the vehicle struck her.

“Her life was tragically taken in a way that Angelina did not deserve,” her sister Martha Torres told the station.

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He said the driver stopped for a moment before fleeing.

“I was shocked. I screamed out ‘No!,'” Coyazo told the station. ‘”Don’t leave!’ And obviously to no avail.”

Pinedo’s family has started aGoFundMe page. “No amount is too small! Hearts are broken,” the page reads.

Anyone with information is urged to call investigator Clint Daniel at 310-379-2477, ext. 2721 or theL.A. Regional Crime Stoppersat 800-222-8477.

source: people.com