A 52-year-old man was killed in East Hollywood in the early hours of March 27 after being struck by a vehicle while crossing a major street, in a hit-and-run that police say included a second crash before the driver fled. According to the Los Angeles Police Department , the collision happened around 3:45 a.m. near North Vermont Avenue just north of East 8th Street. Investigators say Tommie Simpson III was walking east across Vermont Avenue outside of a crosswalk when he was hit by a light-