FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A child was confirmed to be the second victim discovered dead in the water several hours after a hit-and-run crash in central Fresno that sent a vehicle into a canal, according to the Fresno Police Department.
Police say around 2 a.m., they responded to a crash at McKinley Avenue and Fresno Street on Monday morning, where they say a vehicle went into a canal after the crash. Another vehicle was found in the middle of McKinley Avenue and the driver of that vehicle was gone, police say.
Rescue crews searching the vehicle that went into the canal found a woman following the crash. The woman was transported to Community Regional Medical Center, where she later died. Around five hours later, at around 7 a.m., reports of a second body in the vehicle were received.
Rescue crews returned to the scene and eventually found a child in the water after searching the scene for several hours…