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Arrest made after pedestrian killed in hit-and-run crash in Fairfield

A hearing on this is scheduled for November. Fairfield police report two crashes in less than 12 hours, both killing pedestrians. The police are still looking for the driver. In one of those cases, a man was struck and killed this morning while crossing Sunset Boulevard between Travis Boulevard and Tabor Avenue. That driver drove away and police have not released any further information. And last night around 11 a.m., a woman was crossing East Travis Boulevard at Kidder Avenue when she was struck by a driver in a pickup truck. THE DRIVER, 44-YEAR-OLD ANGELICA MEDINA, remained at the scene. Officers discovered she was driving under the influence of drugs and arrested her on suspicion of manslaughter. Intoxicated. Last week there were also two accidents involving pedestrians in F

Arrest made after pedestrian killed in hit-and-run in Fairfield

An arrest was made hours after a driver struck and killed a pedestrian in Fairfield before driving away, according to police. It was the second fatal accident involving a pedestrian in the city in 24 hours. Fairfield police said a man was crossing Sunset Avenue Thursday morning when he was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver. Officials said officers spotted the suspect driver on Pennsylvania Avenue around 2 p.m. and conducted a traffic stop. John Steingass, 62, was arrested and taken to the Solano County Jail where he was charged with hit-and-run. Fairfield police said that within the last 30 days there have been seven pedestrian-involved accidents within the city that resulted in injuries. The police said they would continue to increase traffic surveillance. Do you have photos or videos of an incident? If so, upload it to KCRA.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and other details so we can give you the right credit online and on TV. For more coverage of top California stories, click here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter

FAIRFIELD, Calif. –

An arrest was made hours after a driver struck and killed a pedestrian in Fairfield before driving away, according to police.

It was the second fatal accident involving a pedestrian in the city in 24 hours.

According to Fairfield police, a man was crossing Sunset Avenue Thursday morning when he was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver.

Officials said officers spotted the suspected driver on Pennsylvania Avenue around 2 p.m. and conducted a traffic stop.

John Steingass, 62, was arrested and booked into the Solano County Jail on a hit-and-run charge.

Fairfield police said there have been seven accidents involving pedestrians that resulted in injuries in the city in the last 30 days. The police announced that they would further increase traffic surveillance.

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