Oxnard Woman Arrested After Hitting and Killing Scooter Rider

OXNARD, Calif. (KEYT) – A 45-year-old Oxnard woman has died and a 53-year-old driver who fled the scene has been arrested after a traffic collision at the intersection of Snow Avenue and Gonzales Road.

On Oct. 20, around 10:53 p.m., first responders were dispatched to a reported traffic collision at the intersection of West Gonzales Road and Snow Avenue stated a press release Friday from the Oxnard Police Department.

Officers found an adult woman, later identified as a 45-year-old Oxnard resident, laying in the road with a scooter nearby and she was taken from the scene to a local hospital where she later died from her injuries shared the local law enforcement agency.

According to Oxnard Police, the driver of the involved 2014 Nissan Xterra fled the scene and was later located and taken into custody.

A preliminary investigation showed that the 45-year-old Oxnard woman was riding a scooter southbound on Snow Avenue across Gonzales Road when she was struck by the Nissan Xterra which was heading eastbound on Gonzales Road detailed the Oxnard Police Department.

Following the collision, the Nissan Xterra left the scene without stopping and rendering aid and was later located at the intersection of Raiders Way and Dallas Drive where the driver, identified as a 53-year-old Oxnard woman, had collided with a fence explained the local police department.

The 53-year-old driver showed signs of impairment by drugs and she was arrested for driving while impaired as well as manslaughter and hit and run following a DUI investigation at the scene noted the Oxnard Police Department.

This fatal incident remains under investigation and anyone with more information is asked to contact Corporal Joseph Clarke at 805-385-7750 or through email at joseph.clarke@oxnardpd.org.