FILLMORE : Woman Surrenders After Car Hits Boy
A 30-year-old Fillmore woman hit a 7-year-old boy riding his bike in the street, fled and then turned herself in an hour later, authorities said.
Christina Thompson was driving west on 4th Street about 20 m.p.h. Tuesday evening when Rene Gomez rode his bike from a yard onto the Fillmore street, Ventura County Sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Godfrey said.
Thompson’s car struck Gomez and then she drove away, Godfrey said.
Gomez was taken by ambulance to Santa Paula Memorial Hospital, where he was treated for bruises and released.
About an hour later, Thompson surrendered to the Sheriff’s Department.
Thompson had not been arrested, Godfrey said.
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