A lady was killed early Saturday morning in a hit-and-run collision involving a reported stolen automobile in Orange County, authorities say.
An officer with the Placentia Police Division initially noticed the automobile rushing westbound on the 91 Freeway.
The automobile — a white BMW X5 SUV — exited the freeway onto East Avenue. At 1:15 a.m., the officer got here throughout a lady injured within the 700 block of North East Avenue in Anaheim the place the automobile had been deserted after crashing into the gate of a house. Authorities stated the automobile had been reported stolen.
The lady, whose identification remained unknown as of midday Saturday, was taken by ambulance to a trauma heart, the place she was pronounced useless, in line with Anaheim police spokesman Sgt. Jon McClintock.
The suspect apparently fled the scene on foot. Officers from the Placentia, Anaheim and Fullerton police departments established a fringe, “carried out an exhaustive seek for the suspect and didn’t find him,” McClintock stated.
Police haven’t issued any warnings for the neighborhood and haven’t any cause to imagine the suspect stayed within the space, he added.
Whereas earlier studies indicated the crash occurred as a part of a police chase, Placentia Police Lt. Chris Anderson stated that wasn’t the case.
“At no level was the Placentia Police Division in pursuit of the suspect automobile and/or have lights and sirens activated,” he stated.
