FOWLER, Calif. (FOX26) — A good Samaritan that stopped to help an injured driver is now dead after being hit by a vehicle in Fresno County on Wednesday.
CHP responded to a crash involving a Hyundai sedan and a semi-truck on Highway 99 at Manning Ave. around 12:20 a.m.
The driver of the Hyundai had major injuries from the crash and the car was disabled and blocking the number one lane of the highway.
About a minute later, another vehicle stopped in the center divider to help the injured driver.A 27-year-old woman got out of the passenger seat of the second vehicle and went around to the driver’s side of the Hyundai and was hit by a passing SUV.
She was thrown into the center divider and died at the scene.
CHP says the driver of the SUV came to a stop after hitting the woman and then took off.
The SUV driver is now wanted for felony hit-and-run.
The driver of the Hyundai was taken to the hospital with major injuries.
Local law enforcement agencies are searching for a newer model red or burgundy Ford Explorer-type SUV with front-end damage.