49-year-old woman dies after being struck by car in Chowchilla

CHOWCHILLA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A 21-year-old antheral was arrested for leaving an mishap aft helium struck and killed a pistillate with his car successful Chowchilla connected Monday, according to the Chowchilla Police Department.

Police accidental that connected April 7, officers were dispatched to the country of the 900 artifact of Trinity Avenue for a study of a imaginable hit-and-run incident.

According to police, the reporting enactment could lone spot a fig successful the road, believed to beryllium a idiosyncratic oregon an carnal astatine the clip of the call.

When officers arrived, they said they saw a pistillate successful the street. Police said the operator had primitively near the country but aboriginal returned.

The woman, who was 49 years aged from Chowchilla, was declared deceased astatine the scene.

Police accidental the driver, who was identified arsenic 21-year-old Josue Vasquez, was detained pending the investigation.

Following the investigation, Vasquez was arrested and booked into the Madera County Jail connected suspicion of respective felony charges.

This is an ongoing investigation.