An opportunity sighting at a tow yard led to an arrest in a hit-and-run that killed a pedestrian final month in Yuba Metropolis, police mentioned.
A caller reported to police that he had seen a grey Honda coupe on the yard that matched the outline of the automobile within the Could 19 hit-and-run. The automobile had been burned.
Police say they discovered proof of injury to the entrance proper facet, per what would have been sustained within the crash.
Investigators then obtained a warrant for a 39-year-old man from Rio Oso, about 10 miles south of Yuba Metropolis.
He was arrested round midday Thursday in Elk Grove and booked into Sutter County Jail on suspicion of felony hit-and-run, possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia, police mentioned.
The crash occurred at 5:50 a.m. Could 19 on Backyard Freeway, a three-lane street by means of a industrial space with a 35-mph pace restrict. A lady was crossing the street when she was struck by a southbound automobile. The motive force didn't cease.
The lady, whose title has not been launched, was pronounced lifeless at a hospital.