Authorities investigate a fatal hit-and-run in South Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015.

SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A search is underway for a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in South Los Angeles early Sunday morning.Police say a woman was walking near West Slauson and Denker avenues just after 2:30 a.m. when she was struck by a vehicle, possibly a gray or tan Toyota or Honda. Officers recovered a damaged Volkswagen hubcap that may be connected to the collision.The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. It was not immediately known if the woman was walking inside a crosswalk.Friends and family identified her as Treva Arnold, 39, who was a mother of two. They said she was walking home when she was hit.The suspect was last seen driving eastbound on Slauson Avenue.Anyone with information was asked to call police.