Fatal Hit and Run Suspect Turns Self In

Boyle Heights (myFOXla.com) - A woman suspected in a fatal Friday night hit and run in Boyle Heights is in custody today.

Carol Eleana Vega, 29, of Huntington Park, surrendered to Whittier police on Saturday and was later booked at the Los Angeles Police Department's 77th Street jail, police said.

Vega is believed to have been driving a 1993 Chrysler Concorde that fatally struck a 19-year-old woman identified as Guadalupe Colmenares, a Mexican citizen.

Her 37-year-old aunt, Rita Colmenares, and her 14-year-old cousin, whose names were unavailable, were also injured in the roughly 9:55 p.m. accident on East Sixth Street at Lorena Street, police said.

The woman was hospitalized in critical condition, police said. The girl suffered a cut, but no condition was available for her.

The Chrysler was going east on Sixth Street, allegedly ran a red light at Lorena and struck the three in a crosswalk, police said.

Witnesses, or anyone else with more information about the accident, were urged to call detectives during normal office hours at (213) 927-1825, the Central Traffic Division watch commander at (213) 972-1853, or the 24-hour hotline at (877) LAPD-24-7.