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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - New details emerged connected the Wendy Coffman case, a 60-year-old stateless pistillate who was killed successful a hit-and-run successful Fresno, 2 weeks ago.
Fresno Police are looking for a precocious 90's to aboriginal 2000's achromatic Toyota Tacoma.
PD believes this motortruck and its operator are liable for leaving Coffman to dice connected the engaged road.
Around 5:30 p.m., connected November 9th, a operator called 911, reporting a pedestrian vs. conveyance hit-and-run connected Clovis Avenue adjacent Inyo Street.
At the time, the caller reported a achromatic pickup truck.
However, from surveillance footage, constabulary were capable to constrictive down the search.
"The lawsuit is inactive nether probe and astatine this point, we don't person immoderate further updates," said Fresno Officer Luke Tran.
Coffman's household spoke with YourCentralValley a fewer days pursuing the tragic crash, pleading for whoever is liable to travel forward.
Since then, Rachel Vanderpool, 41, besides a portion of Fresno's stateless assemblage was fatally hit Tuesday nighttime astir 6 p.m. astatine Cesar Chavez Boulevard and 3rd Street.
"The officers arrived and recovered an unhoused pistillate lying successful the roadway, they performed CPR until the ambulance arrived, erstwhile the ambulance got there, they transported her to a section infirmary wherever she was pronounced deceased," Tran added.
According to the operator and witnesses, Vanderpool was lasting connected the halfway median with her buying cart, erstwhile she abruptly stepped into the roadway.
"The operator of the progressive conveyance could not halt and struck the person, the operator of the conveyance besides stayed connected country and was evaluated for drugs and alcohol, and that does not look to beryllium a origin successful this collision," explained Tran.
The operator is not facing immoderate charges.
"It tin decidedly beryllium prevented, particularly connected some the operator and the pedestrian side," shared Tran.
This year, Fresno Police person seen much traffic-related deaths than deaths caused by weapon violence.
Dez Martinez, CEO of We Are Not Invisible said she's seen the aforesaid pattern.
"I'm hoping that the assemblage volition commencement to wage attention, but yes, we're retired present and we person obscurity other to go, truthful delight ticker retired for america due to the fact that galore of the streets that we are connected don't person the due lighting and possibly you didn't spot us," Martinez stated.
And Tran said if you person the enactment oregon means, to deterioration light-colored covering erstwhile retired astatine nighttime with a flashlight oregon reflective gear.
