Motorcyclist killed in hit-and-run crash in Northridge

A search was underway Sunday for a driver of a BMW who was involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision with a motorcyclist. 

The crash happened around 5:40 p.m. Saturday on Roscoe Boulevard in Northridge. There, the driver was headed east when the vehicle made a left turn at Yolanda Avenue and collided with the biker, the LAPD reported. 

According to police, the BMW left the scene without rendering aid. The motorcyclist, who has since been identified as 38-year-old Los Angeles resident Sergio Olivera, was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Anyone with more information about the crash was asked to call the LAPD Valley Traffic Division at 818-644-8035 or 877-527-3247.