Accidents March 27

MODESTO, CA – A 24 year-old Modesto woman was arrested for a suspected hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a Modesto woman. In a news release published on March 26, CHP reported on an accident wherein driver Magali Sevilla is suspected of hitting a 48 year-old pedestrian as she was walking on South 7th Street near Blankenburg Ave., and then fleeing the scene.

CHP stated they had received a call about the incident around 7:20 a.m. on March 18 and arrived to find the injured woman lying on the ground alongside S. 7th Street. No car associated with the victim was found near her body, leaving officers to speculate she had been walking at the time she was struck. She was rushed to an area hospital with severe injuries.

Ms. Sevilla was arrested for felony hit and run, and taken to the Stanislaus County Public Safety Center for booking.

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