From Bee staff:
A suspected drunken driver was arrested Thursday afternoon after reportedly striking a woman twice with her car after a collision on Watt Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Bianca Carranza, 19, of Sacramento was arrested on El Camino Avenue after fleeing the collision, according to a CHP news release, which provided these details:
About 3:08 p.m., Carranza was driving a blue 1999 Ford Contour northbound on Watt Avenue just north of Kings Way when she struck the rear of a silver 1997 Ford Taurus. After the collision, the victim, a 21-year-old Sacramento woman, exited her vehicle and tried to talk to Carranza.
While the victim was out of her car, Carranza backed up the Contour, turned to the right and began to accelerate in attempt to flee the scene. Carranza's vehicle struck the victim and knocked her to the ground. The suspect then backed up her vehicle and drove forward again, striking the victim a second time. The victim's body came to rest in the No. 3 lane of northbound Watt Avenue.
Carranza fled the scene in her car and was later located on El Camino Avenue just east of Eastern Avenue. It was also determined that Carranza struck a light pole a short distance from where officers found her.
Carranza was arrested on suspicion of felony drunken driving with injuries, felony hit and run and assault with a deadly vehicle, CHP officials said.
The victim was transported to Mercy San Juan Medical Hospital with major head injuries and is listed in critical condition, according to the CHP.
The collision is still under investigation.
Anyone with information about the collision is asked to call the CHP at (916) 338-6710 or after hours, (916) 861-1300.
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