FRESNO, CA — September 13, 2026 A 30-year-old woman was taken into custody nearly a month after a vehicle struck and killed an elderly pedestrian before leaving the scene in Fresno, authorities reported.
Mariah Irion faces charges of felony hit-and-run resulting in death and vehicular manslaughter in connection with the September 13 incident near McKinley Avenue and Normal Avenue. Police said a 78-year-old man was pushing a shopping cart across the roadway that night when he was struck by a vehicle that fled. The pedestrian, whose identity has not been released, later died from his injuries.
Investigators used an automated license plate reader to link a vehicle to the crash. The car was later located abandoned in a neighborhood northeast of the collision site. Irion was arrested and booked into Fresno County Jail. The investigation remains active.
