A 72-year-old woman, Maria Perez Torres, was fatally struck in Redwood City near Middlefield Road and Beech Street during a hit-and-run. The suspect fled the scene after the collision. Investigators reviewed surveillance footage and identified a late-model white Toyota Tundra as the suspect vehicle. Detectives then used automated license plate reader data to narrow down matching vehicles in the area around the time of the crash. Officers located a truck tied to the investigation at a Redwood City home and towed it as evidence. The driver, Francisco GallardoAlvarez, was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and felony hit-and-run resulting in injury or death and booked into the San Mateo County Maguire Correctional Facility. The investigation remains ongoing.
"Last Sunday, 72-year-old Maria Perez Torres was fatally struck in Redwood City near Middlefield Road and Beech Street, and the suspect fled the scene, as KRON4 reported earlier this week. The next day, investigators identified the suspect vehicle as a late-model white Toyota Tundra after reviewing surveillance footage from the scene."
"In a follow-up, KRON4 reports that detectives then used automated license plate reader data to narrow down matching vehicles in the area around the time of the crash. According to Redwood City police, officers located a truck tied to the investigation at a Redwood City home Monday and towed it as evidence."
"Police identified the driver as 52-year-old Francisco GallardoAlvarez of Redwood City and arrested him on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and felony hit-and-run resulting in injury or death. He was booked into the San Mateo County Maguire Correctional Facility. Torres was reportedly taken to a nearby hospital after the collision and later died from her injuries."
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