IDENTIFIED: Woman killed in hit-and-run near Orange Cove

ORANGE COVE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE)  – The Fresno County Coroner's Office has identified the pistillate who was deed and killed portion riding a motorcycle Saturday adjacent Orange Cove by a hit-and-run driver.

The coroner identified the pistillate arsenic 38-year-old Amanda Maldonado of Orange Cove.

Investigators accidental astir 9:30 p.m., officers responded to a telephone of a hit-and-run involving a bicyclist connected Adams Avenue, conscionable eastbound of Cove Avenue.

CHP investigators accidental 41-year-old Rafaela Cruz of Orosi was arrested aft hitting Maldonado and leaving the scene.

Officers accidental their archetypal probe indicates that Maldonado was riding a motorcycle westbound connected Adams Avenue adjacent the roadway erstwhile 41-year-old Rafaela Cruz, who CHP said was driving a reddish Chevrolet Silverado 1500, struck her from behind.

The suspect, 41-year-old Rafaela Cruz

CHP says Cruz near the country without stopping oregon calling 911. Maldonado died from her injuries astatine the scene.

The CHP says Maldonado's bicycle was dragged for astir 120 feet pursuing the collision, but the rider didn’t look to person been dragged.

Officers besides accidental that Maldonado wasn’t wearing a helmet astatine the clip of the crash, but she did person a handheld airy connected her to summation her visibility.

Officials accidental Cruz turned herself into the Orange Cove Police Department and was taken into custody by the California Highway Patrol.  

She has been booked into the Fresno County Jail.