Teen Arrested In Fatal Hit-And-Run Crash

WALNUT CREEK, CA — A 16-year-old from the South Bay was arrested in connection with a hit-and-run crash that claimed a life Saturday in Walnut Creek, police said.

The fatal crash was reported at 2:36 a.m. Saturday in the 1600 block of Newell Avenue under the overpass at Highway 680. A Contra Costa County Sheriff’s deputy was first at the scene and was performing CPR on an injured teenager when Walnut Creek police officers and medical personnel arrived.

The boy was rushed by ambulance to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, where he died from injuries suffered in the crash.

Walnut Creek PD's Major Accident Investigations Team —MAIT — responded to the scene where it was determined that five teenagers were in the car. The driver and two others ran from the scene of the crash, police said.

Officers located the 16-year-old driver in San Jose and arrested him on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and felony hit and run causing death.

"This case continues to be under investigation, and the names of the driver, victim, and passengers are not being released since all are juveniles," Walnut Creek police Lt. Bruce Jower said.

Police asked any witnesses of the collision or anyone with information about it to call Walnut Creek PD at 925-943-5844.