BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – The coroner's office has released the name of a woman who died in the hospital Monday after being struck by an SUV Sunday.
Maria Laquin, 67, was sitting in a motorized scooter when the vehicle hit her at 3015 Wilson Road on Sunday, according to police.
She was taken to Kern Medical Center, where she died from her injuries. An autopsy is scheduled for this week.
In the meantime, police have arrested a man suspected of hit and run and DUI. He has been identified as 63-year-old Renold Elder, of Bakersfield.
