Rod Sharif was arrested five days after the crash, which took place at Wilshire Boulevard and Chelsea Avenue, the Santa Monica Police Department said.

Police have arrested a suspect in the hit-and-run crash in Santa Monica that left a woman dead just days before Christmas. It happened on Sunday, Dec. 22 at around 6:40 p.m. near the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Chelsea Avenue,

Two days after the crash, Santa Monica police are still searching for the driver who struck and killed a pedestrian authorities have described as a local resident of the city and Vietnam War veteran.

The Santa Monica Police Department is seeking help in identifying a driver that allegedly hit and killed a person on Sunday. The fatal crash took place at about 6:40 p.m. on Sunday on the intersection of Chelsea Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard.

A Santa Monica woman was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver who sped away from the scene earlier this week, and on Tuesday, police asked for the public's help finding the suspect.

A man was arrested suspected of a deadly hit-and-run crash in Santa Monica, police announced Friday. The crash happened on Dec. 22 at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Chelsea Avenue, according to Santa Monica police. The victim was crossing Wilshire southbound when she was struck by a white vehicle, witnesses told police.

Officers responded around 6:40 p.m. Sunday to several calls of a woman struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Chelsea Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard near Douglas Park, according to the Santa Monica Police Department.

Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver in Santa Monica they say fled the scene of a crash that left a woman dead Sunday night. Officers were sent to the intersection of Chelsea Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard around 6:40 p.