UC Santa Cruz student from L.A. County dies after being struck by SUV in hit-and-run crash
A UC Santa Cruz student from Los Angeles County has died, a week after she was struck by an SUV in a hit-and-run collision while walking from a Halloween party, authorities said Sunday.
Alexandria Arceneaux, 20, was hit Oct. 30 about 2 a.m. while walking along Highway 1 between River and Mission streets, according to the Santa Cruz Police Department.
Arceneaux was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, and she died Saturday while surrounded by family members from the L.A. area, police said.
Earlier in the week, Arceneaux’s mother, Gina Williams, told the Santa Cruz Sentinel that her daughter was walking with friends when she was struck.
“They had to do CPR twice. They had to take her by ambulance because it was raining so hard,” said Williams, a Lawndale resident. “It all happened so fast.”
Arceneaux was in her junior year at UC Santa Cruz and studied theater arts, the Santa Cruz Sentinel reported. Last spring, she was included on the Dean’s Honors List.
The driver in the hit-and-run remains at large.
Investigators at the crash site determined the vehicle involved was a silver Honda CRV made between 2010 and 2012, and police called on the public to help track down the SUV’s driver.
Police said the vehicle would have damage to the front passenger-side bumper.
During the investigation, authorities have reached out to body shops, auto parts stores, salvage yards and glass repair shops to see if vehicles there match the suspected SUV.
Anyone with information about the driver and vehicle involved in the crash is asked to contact Santa Cruz police at (831) 420-5820.
Twitter: @MattHjourno.
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