Woman dies after being ejected from car, run over by van in Fresno County crash, CHP says
A 56-year-old woman died Wednesday night after being ejected from her car, then run over by a van in rural Fresno County, the California Highway Patrol said.
The crash happened at 9:15 p.m. at North Dickenson and West Olive avenues. The woman was driving north on Dickenson at an unknown speed.
CHP Sgt. Taka Hiura said the woman, identified as Evelyn Padilla, overcorrected and the green Pontiac Grand Am oveturned. Padilla was thrown from the car as it flipped and she landed on the roadway.
A van traveling south on Dickenson struck the woman and did not remain at the crash site.
Padilla, whose age was incorrectly given as 51 in initial reports, was pronounced dead at the scene.
“There was a witness that drove up to the scene after the initial collision and saw the victim on the roadway and saw another vehicle approaching southbound that hit the victim,” Hiura said. “The only thing that we have is a van or something like that and that’s it.”
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call CHP at 559-262-0400.
This story was originally published February 11, 2021 at 6:24 AM.
