A 51-year-old Indianola woman is facing a felony charge after police say she struck a pedestrian crossing a Spanish Fork street and drove away, leaving the 25-year-old man in critical condition. Maria Del Rocio Morales Ruvalcaba was taken into custody days after the crash, accused of leaving the scene of an accident involving serious injury.
According to FOX 13, Ruvalcaba allegedly struck the man as he was crossing 300 North with three other people while she was traveling north on 800 East. Police said the man had nearly made it across the roadway when he was hit. Investigators say Ruvalcaba then left the scene in her van, according to the same report.
An earlier account from ABC4 Utah described the vehicle involved as possibly a white van that did not stop after the collision. Separately, Gephardt Daily reported that the man was crossing 800 East heading east with three other people and was nearly across the road when a northbound vehicle struck him, dating the crash to Nov. 4.
Surveillance Video Led Investigators to the Van
During the investigation, police obtained video footage from a nearby home that allegedly showed a van driving away from the scene, the station’s report notes. That footage became a key piece of evidence as detectives worked to identify the vehicle and track down its driver…