It happened at around 12:15 p.m. Monday at the intersection of Pleasant Street and Atlantic Avenue, police said.

Police are searching for a suspect after an elderly man was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Long Beach. The victim was identified as Enrique Barajas, 80, according to the Long Beach Police Department.

LONG BEACH — Police sought the public’s assistance Wednesday in locating the driver responsible for striking an 80-year-old bicyclist in Long Beach, who later died at a hospital.

Long Beach police say they are looking for a driver who fatally sideswiped an 80-year-old bicyclist earlier this week. According to the Long Beach Police Department, the crash happened around 12:15 p.m. Monday on Atlantic Avenue near Pleasant Street, which is just north of Del Amo Boulevard.