Woman Taken to Hospital, Man Arrested After Hit-and-Run
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX) – A 33-year-old woman was taken to the hospital after being hit by a vehicle Tuesday morning while crossing a street near Lincoln Elementary School.
The man driving the vehicle was Gustavo Ceron-Maciel, 28, of Twin Falls, who was arrested for leaving the scene of an injury accident, a felony, Twin Falls Police Sgt Ryan Howe told News Radio 1310.
After striking the female pedestrian at the corner of Addison Avenue and Third Avenue, Ceron-Maciel crashed into a fence at the elementary school, then left the scene. Howe said the driver was later arrested a few blocks away.
The woman, who’s name has not been released, was taken by ground ambulance to St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries, Howe said.