Crime & Safety
OC Man Arrested In Hit-And-Run That Left Woman Critically Injured In Newport Beach
A 28-year-old Santa Ana man was arrested for hit-and-run driving Sept. 30, the Newport Beach Police Department reported.
NEWPORT BEACH, CA — A Santa Ana man was arrested Tuesday, Sept. 30 following a hit-and-run that left a woman critically injured in Newport Beach, authorities said.
Rafael Torres, 28, was arrested for felony hit-and-run resulting in injury and booked into the Newport Beach Jail, according to the Newport Beach Police Department.
Torres was arrested Tuesday at around 4:15 p.m. after investigators conducted surveillance and found the suspect vehicle in the area of McFadden Avenue and Harbor Boulevard in the City of Santa Ana.
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The crash was reported at about 10:25 p.m. Monday to the area of MacArthur Boulevard and East Coast Highway, where they found a woman laying in the roadway.
Paramedics rushed her to a trauma center, where she was listed in critical condition. She was only identified as a 48-year-old Newport Beach resident.
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According to police, the victim remains in critical — but stable — condition.
Anyone with information about the incident was asked to call 949-644-3747.
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