Ramiro Martinez Delacruz, 40, arrested in hit-and-run that killed Savanna Lang, 28, on Watt Avenue in Arden-Arcade, California
Sacramento man arrested in Watt Avenue hit-and-run death
Ramiro Martinez Delacruz, 40, was driving a 1998 Ford F-150 truck northbound on Watt Avenue, north of Lynne Way, as a woman was walking northbound on Watt Avenue on the east side of the roadway. The truck struck the woman, who landed on the frontage road on the east side of Watt Avenue, according to a California Highway Patrol news release. The woman, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Coroner identifies pedestrian killed in Watt Avenue hit-and-run
CHP officials said Delacruz left the scene in the Ford, which county sheriff’s deputies found at Watt Avenue and Winona Way. Delacruz was booked into Sacramento County jail on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, hit-and-run, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, violation of DUI probation and driving on a suspended license.
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