A suspected hit-and-run driver in Lengthy Seashore was arrested Sunday after crashing right into a teenage boy, who later died of his accidents, in keeping with authorities.
Cops have been dispatched about 12:40 a.m. to the world of South Road and Orange Avenue to analyze a hit-and-run crash, in keeping with a Lengthy Seashore Police Division information launch.
Officers and the Lengthy Seashore Hearth Division tried to save lots of the lifetime of a 17-year-old boy, police stated. He was hospitalized however later died from his accidents.
Karen Mativa, a 35-year-old Compton resident, was driving a 2012 Cadillac SRX northbound on Orange Avenue when she allegedly crashed right into a boy driving a self-propelled scooter north of South Road, in keeping with the discharge.
Mativa allegedly fled the scene earlier than crashing into an house constructing at 6100 Orange Avenue, police stated. She then fled on foot earlier than being taken into custody by officers a short while later.
Mativa was arrested on suspicion of driving below the affect, hit-and-run leading to loss of life or damage, gross vehicular manslaughter whereas intoxicated and assault with a lethal weapon, officers stated. Her bail was set at $130,000.
Family members talking to KABC-TV recognized the teenage sufferer as Brandon Cabrera.
“He didn’t should die like this in any respect,” stated Cabrera’s pal, Aniyah Diaz. “… There goes his complete life, gone.”
