Pedestrian suffers major injuries when hit by a car near Ceres
A 23-year-old woman suffered major injuries when she was hit by a car south of Ceres Wednesday afternoon.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the woman was trying to cross Central Avenue from the west side of the road to the east in front of a Jehovah’s Witnesses church when the collision occurred at about 1:35 p.m. Officer Thomas Olsen later identified her as Hannah Marie Garcia of Modesto.
She was hit by a Honda minivan driven by Adriel Ayala-Riuas, 17, of Ceres, the CHP said. Ayala-Riuas is a permitted driver whose mother was in in the car with him.
It appeared that Garcia was trying to cross the street to where her mother was parked, Olsen said. Investigation into the accident is continuing.
This story was originally published September 25, 2019 at 3:28 PM.
