One woman is dead, and a second was seriously injured after they stopped to help victims of a traffic collision in Ventura County, and were struck themselves by a hit and run driver.
An SUV veered off of East Pleasant Valley Road in Oxnard Sunday night and hit a tree. The driver fled the scene, leaving behind a passenger who had suffered minor injuries. People in a second SUV stopped to help.
Moments later, a third SUV approached the scene, and hit the good Samaritans.
A 51 year old Oxnard woman died at the scene, and a 23 year old Oxnard woman was seriously injured. Oxnard police say the driver of the third vehicle fled the scene, but they found Francisco Javier Garcia a short time later. The 49 year old Oxnard man was arrested for gross vehicular manslaughter, felony hit and run, and driving under the influence causing injury.
