Police arrest suspect in Elk Grove hit-and-run that seriously injured pedestrian
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- Elk Grove police arrested a 35-year-old suspect within three hours of a hit-and-run.
- Medical staff said they did not expect the 47-year-old pedestrian to survive.
- Police said a white Honda minivan was spotted on traffic cameras near the hit-and-run.
Investigators arrested a man suspected of driving a minivan that struck a pedestrian Saturday night as he walked across the entrance to an apartment complex in Elk Grove.
The 35-year-old suspected driver was arrested within three hours of Saturday night’s hit-and-run, the Elk Grove Police Department announced Tuesday afternoon in a news release. Police said the suspect was arrested on suspicion of felony hit-and-run and felony driving under the influence before he was booked at the Sacramento County Jail.
The pedestrian, a 47-year-old Elk Grove man, suffered life-threatening injuries and was hospitalized Saturday. On Tuesday, police said medical staff did not expect the pedestrian to survive his injuries.
Police said additional charges will be sought pending the hit-and-run victim’s condition.
The hit-and-run was reported about 8:45 p.m. Saturday along Elk Grove Florin Road, just north of Heritage Hill Drive in the residential neighborhood. Police said bystanders remained with the injured victim, who was found in the road’s northbound lanes.
Police traffic investigators have determined the pedestrian was walking north onto the sidewalk at the apartment complex entrance in the 8500 block of Elk Grove Florin Road. Police said a vehicle then exited the apartment complex at that entrance and struck the pedestrian as it entered the road’s northbound lanes.
Using traffic cameras, personnel in the Police Department’s Real Time Information Center spotted a white Honda minivan heading north on Elk Grove Florin Road. Police on Tuesday released video of the white minivan running a red light at an intersection with Brown Road, just north of where the hit-and-run occurred. The video shows the minivan speeding through the intersection, nearly hitting another pedestrian crossing the street.
Police personnel, using the department’s automated license plate reader system, identified a license plate associated with the white minivan. A review of previous calls to police identified the suspected driver in the hit-and-run, who had previously been contacted by police while driving the white minivan.
Officers found the hit-and-run suspect in Sacramento County, in an area north of Elk Grove, where he was with a white Honda minivan. Police said the van had damage to its hood, which was consistent with being involved in a collision.
