SANTA PAULA : Woman Dies After Being Hit by Truck
A woman died early Thursday after being struck by a pickup truck in Santa Paula while she was in a crosswalk, police said.
Juanita Jimenez, 27, of Santa Paula was thrown 35 feet after being hit by the truck at Harvard Boulevard and Olive Street, police said.
She died about 10 hours later, at 4:29 a.m. Thursday, at Santa Paula Memorial Hospital, the Ventura County coroner’s office reported. An autopsy showed that she died from traumatic abdominal injuries, a coroner’s spokesman said.
Driver Jesus Romero, 63, of Santa Paula was not arrested. There was no indication he was exceeding the speed limit, and he passed a field sobriety test, police Cmdr. Mark Hanson said.
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