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The Peñitas Police Department needs your help.
Investigators there are going to the public for assistance in identifying the driver suspected in a fatal hit-and-run crash that left one woman dead Wednesday evening.
Authorities arrived around 8:25 p.m. in the 3400 block of Tom Gill Road just north of 3 Mile Line in Peñitas where they found an unresponsive woman identified as Maria Cirlos, police said in a news release Friday.
A witness at the scene had been conducting CPR on Cirlos until medical personnel arrived and transported her to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Police are currently searching for the suspected vehicle involved in the crash, which they described as a “dark-colored GMC Sierra with noticeable front-end damage.”
The vehicle was last seen traveling southbound on Tom Gill Road.
Authorities are asking anyone with information about the crash or the whereabouts of the vehicle to call investigator Oscar Barron at (956) 454-1244.
