74-year-old woman dies after hit-and-run suspect stabs her after fleeing accident

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- One idiosyncratic is successful custody aft a hit-and-run turned into a fatal battle successful Visalia.

Police accidental they responded to a clang conscionable northbound of Lovers Lane astatine astir 11:30 a.m.

When they arrived, they learned that an battle had taken spot astatine an flat not acold from the determination of the crash.

Investigators aboriginal discovered that the suspect, a 28-year-old man, who was progressive successful the hit-and-run, ran into the flat analyzable and banged connected respective doors.

The victim, a 74-year-old woman, opened her doorway and was stabbed respective times by the suspect.

She was taken to Kaweah Health for attraction but died from her injuries.

Officers located the fishy wrong the analyzable and arrested him.

While being taken into custody, the fishy tried to person officers sprout astatine him but failed.

The names of the fishy and unfortunate person not been released.

The incidental remains nether investigation.