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MEDIA ADVISORY CONTACT: Justin Hager 415-889-9762

Friday, March 22, 2013





COMMUNITY MOBILIZING TO FIND HIT & RUN ASSAILANT



WHAT: Members of the media are invited to attend a public outreach event in the continuing search for the driver who hit cyclist Damian Kevitt last month.



Volunteers and community organizers will be distributing fliers to inform the public of the hit-and-run collision and the $25,000 reward being offered for information leading to the arrest of the assailant(s).



Damian was struck on Sunday February 17, 2013 at 11:30AM, the timing and distribution area correlate to the time and location of the hit-and-run one month ago. There is a strong possibility the assailant was playing soccer at or near the field prior to the accident.



WHEN:

Sunday March 24, 2013

10:30AM Check-In

Public outreach from 10:45AM-12:00PM



WHERE:

John Ferraro Athletic Fields – Griffith Park

Meet at the Giant Soccer Ball adjacent to the soccer field parking lot

4701 Zoo Drive

Los Angeles, CA 91207





BACKGROUND: On Sunday February 17, 2013, Damian Kevitt was struck by a light colored minivan, possibly a gray Toyota Sienna which might have had a “for sale” sign posted in the rear window, on Zoo Drive near the Ferraro Soccer Complex and Dog Park. The driver was possibly wearing a soccer jersey.



A $25,000 reward is being offered by the City of Los Angeles and the CHP to find the hit-and-run driver. Anyone with information is asked to call CHP’s Altadena station at (626) 296-8100 or (323) 259-2010



Damian Kevitt was struck on on Feb. 17 around 11:35 a.m. when a minivan made a hard left, that struck and dragged him 600 feet down the Interstate 5 on-ramp until he fell from the vehicle. The violent collision broke 20 bones and crushed his right leg. Doctors had to amputate his right leg below the knee. His left foot is missing tissue and skin and may also need to be amputated the road rash was so severe, it was down to the bone on Kevitt's left elbow, and his buttocks will need skin grafts.